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aftermath

/ˈæf.təˌmæθ/ · noun

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

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