AFTERCLAP Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

afterclap

noun

Definition of afterclap

as in side effect

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Noun

Compromise of 1970 By the late 1960s, however, the Yemenis decided that the only logical outcome of the conflict was a compromise, which would have as its most important side effect the departure of the various foreign forces.

— Manfred W. Wenner, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Nov. 2026
The European Medicines Agency's safety committee concluded that NAION was a very rare side effect of semaglutide that may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people taking it, and recommended updating the drug's product information.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 10 Nov. 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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Democrat Jared Huffman of California, likely to become head of the House Natural Resources Committee, warned commissioners at yesterday's meeting that anyone advancing projects not authorized by Congress risks legal repercussions.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 6 Nov. 2026
Unfortunately, negotiating with Uber and DoorDash takes time, money, and lawyers, and though those repercussions might show up eventually, and maybe even prove effective, e-bike cowboys are getting bolder, faster, and more defiant by the day.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of repercussion

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If true, the early afterglow hypothetically traces back to the jet’s wings, while the brightening X-ray phase came from the thin core.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2026
While Usher was off basking in the afterglow of Confessions, maturing into a divorcé in the mid-2000s, the R&B world was already priming itself for a new-school successor.

— Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of afterglow

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The implications of this global trend are far-reaching, and for many, simply alarming.

— Daron Acemoglu, Time, 7 Nov. 2026
Binary alloy production has implications beyond manufacturing sector The restoration of binary alloy production has implications beyond the manufacturing sector.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of implication

Noun

There's a button to connect the speaker to others in the ULT party speaker line, a stereo-pair button, a button to manage lighting, an echo button, and a key control for karaoke.

— Christian de Looper, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026
In the case of the imminent Major League Baseball lockout, even an untrained ear may detect an echo of the 1994 fiasco in this latest impasse between the ownership class and labor.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of echo

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