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postbattle

postbattle adjective: after a battle.

Adjective

postbattle (not comparable)

  1. After a battle.
    • They can be noisy and turbulent, as in “That Man I Shot,” a soldier’s postbattle reactions set to a feedback-drenched Crazy Horse stomp, or steadfast and long-suffering, as in the album’s other Iraq war song, “The Home Front,” Mr. Hood’s sketch of a soldier’s family.2008 January 21, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times

Origin of postbattle

From post- + battle.

Questions about postbattle

What does postbattle mean?
Postbattle means after a battle.
What part of speech is postbattle?
Postbattle is an adjective.

Words near postbattle in the dictionary

  1. postbase
  2. postbaseline
  3. postbases
  4. postbasic
  5. postbath
  6. postbattle
  7. postbedtime
  8. postbehavioral
  9. postbehavioralism
  10. postbehavioralist
  11. postbehavioralists

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