Aftermath
Aftermath noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Hicks can apparently do the same thing backwards; taking the aftermath of an event and working out how the chain of causation made it occur by tracking each effect backwards through time.
Source: Series / Alphas
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Chain and Aftermath. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/aftermath/chain
Aftermath & Chain. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/aftermath/chain>.
Chain or Aftermath. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/aftermath/chain.
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