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aftershock
An aftershock is an earthquake near or in the same place as an earlier earthquake or an effect or result of an event.
- A rumbling a little while after an earthquake happens is an example of an aftershock.
- The loss of all of your money after putting it all into risky stocks in an example of an aftershock.
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See aftershock in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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