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postattack

postattack adjective: after an attack.

Adjective

postattack (not comparable)

  1. After an attack.
    • The investigations generally agree that the administration’s postattack talking points — a matter of much dispute — were flawed but not deliberately misleading.2015 October 11, Eric Lipton, “Clinton Emails Became the New Focus of Benghazi Inquiry”, in New York Times

Origin of postattack

From post- + attack.

Words formed from postattack

Questions about postattack

What does postattack mean?
Postattack means after an attack.
What part of speech is postattack?
Postattack is an adjective.

Words near postattack in the dictionary

  1. postathon
  2. postathons
  3. postatomic
  4. postatrial
  5. postattachment
  6. postattack
  7. postattack blackmail
  8. postattentive
  9. postauction
  10. postaudit
  11. postaudited

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