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postwar

[pohst-wawr]

post·war

[pohst-wawr]
adjective
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a period following a war: postwar problems; postwar removal of rationing.

Origin:
1905–10; post- + war1
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Postwar is always a great word to know.
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postwar

adjective
belonging to the period after a war; "postwar resettlement"; "postwar inflation" [ant: prewar
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