postinvasion

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adjective

Following an invasion.

“the postinvasion period”

OriginEnglish invasion ← Latin post ← Old Latin poste →
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Meanings

adjectivepostinvasion (not comparable)
  1. not comparableFollowing an invasion.

    the postinvasion period

    2 more examples

    So there was no post-invasion plan worth its name, to stop looting or a gathering insurgency.

    2006 July 6, Roger Cohen, “Rumsfeld Is Correct - the Truth Will Get Out”, in The New York Times

    During the thunder runs, they had been aggressors. They had closed on the enemy and killed him. But during their summer in Falloujah in 2003, they had been confronted with the new, postinvasion reality: They were no longer on the attack[…]

    2007 December 1, David Zucchino, Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad, Open Road + Grove/Atlantic, →ISBN, page 326

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Englishinvasion
  8. Englishpostinvasion

From post- + invasion.

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APA

postinvasion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postinvasion

MLA

“postinvasion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postinvasion. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postinvasion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postinvasion.

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