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  • adjective Following a war.

Etymologies

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From after- +‎ war.

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Examples

  • And in our cover story this week, Evan Thomas and Scott Johnson report evidence that Saddam may have planned this "afterwar" of attrition all along.

    The Editor's Desk 2007

  • The afterwar has been unusual because the United States never formally defeated the Iraqi Army: Saddam's forces simply melted away.

    What We Should Do Now 2007

  • I do have regrets about how we have handled the world, the diplomacy, the war and, most important, the afterwar.

    Why The War Was Right 2007

  • The supreme tragedy of the afterwar period has been the United States 'withdrawal from the League.

    The Sino-Japanese Incident in Relation to the Problem of Disarmament and International Security 1931

  • At the moment the afterwar conditions do not look very hopeful.

    After War, Peace Complications, From the Viewpoint of Europe 1920

  • Well, now, I have been asked to talk to you about some afterwar conditions.

    After War, Peace Complications, From the Viewpoint of Europe 1920

  • Col. Shepperd left three sons, William, Egbert and Henry, all of whom afterwar moved to the Western District of Tennessee.

    Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians John Hill 1884

  • Travelling towards Al Quds hospital, where I'll be working all night on the ambulances, as I raced along on board one of the very few fearless taxis left, zig-zagging to avoid the bombs, on the corner of one street I saw a group of dirty street urchins with tattered clothes, looking exactly like the "sciuscià" kids of the Italian afterwar period.

    Palestine Blogs aggregator 2009

  • Travelling towards Al Quds hospital, where I'll be working all night on the ambulances, as I raced along on board one of the very few fearless taxis left, zig-zagging to avoid the bombs, on the corner of one street I saw a group of dirty street urchins with tattered clothes, looking exactly like the "sciuscià" kids of the Italian afterwar period.

    Dissident Voice 2009

  • Travelling towards Al Quds hospital, where I'll be working all night on the ambulances, as I raced along on board one of the very few fearless taxis left, zig-zagging to avoid the bombs, on the corner of one street I saw a group of dirty street urchins with tattered clothes, looking exactly like the "sciuscià" kids of the Italian afterwar period.

    Window Into Palestine 2009

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