aftermath

About 3.70 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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.

2. noun A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.

Similar words

backwash wake consequence rowen furrow trench groove root tsunami fallout

Often followed by

of in the and was to is had were

Word family

aftermaths rowen