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Aftermath
//ˈæf.tɚˌmæθ// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; lattermath. obsolete
"They were cutting aftermath on all sides, which gave the neighbourhood, this gusty autumn morning, an untimely smell of hay."
- 2 the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual wordnet
- 3 That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
"In contrast to most projections of the aftermath of nuclear war, in this there is no rioting or looting."
- 4 the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) wordnet
Etymology
From after- + math (“a mowing”).
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