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repercussive
Variant of repercussion
noun
- Archaic a driving back or being driven back by something resistant; rebound; recoil
- reflection, as of light or sound; reverberation
- a far-reaching, often indirect effect of or reaction to some event or action: usually used in pl.
Related Forms:
- repercussive adjective
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