Associations to the word «Aftermath»
Noun
- Katrina
- Tsunami
- Hurricane
- Earthquake
- Disaster
- Assassination
- Uprising
- Riot
- Looting
- Devastation
- Genocide
- Coup
- Bombing
- Breakup
- Massacre
- Crisis
- Jacobite
- Holocaust
- Hiroshima
- Recession
- Attack
- Bolshevik
- Haiti
- Mutiny
- Crusade
- Storyline
- Upheaval
- Unrest
- Rebellion
- Revolution
- Kurd
- Atrocity
- Scandal
- Quake
- Backlash
- Collapse
- Turmoil
- Typhoon
- Colonialism
- Russo
- Partition
- Rebuilding
- Spill
- War
- Rwanda
- Invasion
- Levee
- Catastrophe
- Trauma
- Revolt
- Dissolution
- Iraq
- Suez
- Cyclone
- Tragedy
- Killing
- Incident
- Crash
- Explosion
- Fallout
- Sandy
- Refugee
- Terrorist
- Czechoslovakia
- Expulsion
- Flood
- Purge
- Orleans
- Shooting
- Coverage
- Emancipation
- Dealing
- Rape
- Croat
Adjective
Wiktionary
AFTERMATH, noun. (obsolete) (or farmers' jargon) A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.
AFTERMATH, noun. That which happens after, that which follows. Has a strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
Dictionary definition
AFTERMATH, noun. The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured".
AFTERMATH, noun. The outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.