Aftermath

Definitions

1. A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; lattermath.
   obsolete
2. That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.

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Examples

“They were cutting aftermath on all sides, which gave the neighbourhood, this gusty autumn morning, an untimely smell⟳ of hay.”

“In contrast to most projections of the aftermath of nuclear war, in this there is no rioting or looting.”

“Fogel, working with a script by the journalist Kerry Howley, follows Winner from the age of nine to the aftermath of her plea, and organizes the movie around voice-over reminiscences by Reality (the character is played by Emilia Jones).”

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