AFTERMATH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aftermath mean? 

• AFTERMATH (noun)
  The noun AFTERMATH has 2 senses:

1. the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)

2. the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual

  Familiarity information: AFTERMATH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AFTERMATH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

aftermath; backwash; wake

Context example:

in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured

Hypernyms ("aftermath" is a kind of...):

consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

aftermath; consequence

Hypernyms ("aftermath" is a kind of...):

final result; outcome; result; resultant; termination (something that results)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aftermath"):

corollary (a practical consequence that follows naturally)

comeupance; comeuppance; just deserts; poetic justice (an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting)

fruit (the consequence of some effort or action)

sequella (a secondary consequence)

train (a series of consequences wrought by an event)

payoff; reward; wages (a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing)

 Context examples 

The remote-sensing Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph observed intense ultraviolet emission from magnesium and iron ions high in the atmosphere in the aftermath of the meteor shower.

(Mars Spacecraft Reveal Comet Flyby Effects on Martian Atmosphere, NASA)

The aftermath of the cub reporter's deed was even wider than Martin had anticipated.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The scientists at the National Science Foundation’s Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detected gravitational waves dubbed GW170817 from a pair of smashing stars tied to the gamma-ray burst, encouraging astronomers to look for the aftermath of the explosion.

(NASA Missions Catch First Light from a Gravitational-Wave Event, NASA)

They are all part of a rock record that offers the most detailed look yet into the aftermath of the catastrophe that ended the Age of Dinosaurs, said Sean Gulick, a geoscientist at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics.

(Rocks at asteroid impact site record first day of dinosaur extinction, National Science Foundation)