postbattle

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

post- +‎ battle

Adjective[edit]

postbattle (not comparable)

  1. After a battle.
    • 2008 January 21, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times[1]:
      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.