AFTERCLAP Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

afterclap

noun

Definition of afterclap

as in side effect

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Noun

Last year, when Makary was still commissioner, the FDA added safety warnings to mRNA Covid-19 vaccines about a rare heart inflammation side effect.

— Chelsea Cirruzzo, STAT, 14 Oct. 2026
Eventually, Ley hopes, the results could help fight this side effect of vaccines and, by extension, encourage higher vaccination rates.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of side effect

Noun

Any larger Hollywood studio would have likely insisted on a grander finale, but The Death of Robin Hood, produced by A24, left me pondering the foolishness of my need for such a denouement.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
Margaret’s leadership also makes possible the movie’s titular dénouement, the revelation of the footage that will offer the world proof of the presence of alien life.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 16 June 2026

Definition of denouement

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Advertisement Thus, the crisis of liberal democracy after 9/11 might be better understood not simply as a blowback from the war on terror, but as an aftershock of socialism’s collapse.

— Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
An aftershock that struck during an interview Tuesday prompted Vincentius Rano and his wife to instinctively duck and cover their heads.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of aftershock

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As more and more people succumb to AI psychosis, horror movies are (as always) the first to dive into the repercussions.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
This was really about supporting and providing that space for the girls who did walk off to do so and not feel any repercussions.

— Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of repercussion

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The scene was a modern echo of the old accommodation between gangsters and the state.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
While many of the Middle East’s archaeological sites invoke pharaohs, Nabataeans, Romans, Islamic civilization, and Crusaders, the columns of Al-Rajajil are an echo of a prehistoric period wrapped in mystery.

— Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of echo

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