Aftermath
Aftermath noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Usage example: the surgery was successful, but she now had to deal with its aftermath: a huge bill
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| usual | usual aftermath | usual fate |
| common | common aftermath | common fate |
| complete | complete aftermath | complete fate |
| future | future aftermath | future fate |
| Other adjectives: true, painful, brutal, entire, bad, terrible, horrible, grim, possible, final, gruesome, uncertain, apparent, horrifying, subsequent, horrific. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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The Scarecrow's fate is never revealed, though presumably he escaped yet again in the aftermath of all the chaos.
Source: Film / The Dark Knight Rises - Killzone Shadowfall dealt with the aftermath of the ending to Killzone 3, only to leave players hanging about the fate of the cold war.
Source: Left Hanging -
Fate Worse Than Death: It has been noted at a few points that those that are dead are in a better place because no one would want to be alive during the aftermath of a nuclear war.
Source: Fan Fic / Gensokyo 20XX
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