post-eruption

adjective

post-erup·​tion ˌpōst-i-ˈrəp-shən How to pronounce post-eruption (audio)
: occurring after an eruption (such as a volcanic eruption)
posteruption climate change
… to make alternative plans the next time its winter carnival falls during a posteruption winter warming.—Richard A. Kerr

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Back on land, Beinart’s lab is now studying post-eruption changes in the genetic diversity in host animals and the bacteria that provide their energy. — Ashley Balzer Vigil, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2024 Given the level of destruction, Pompeii’s few post-eruption inhabitants would have made their homes amid upper floor ruins of any buildings that endured the devastation. — Andrew Paul Aug 7, Popular Science, 7 Aug. 2025 Vegetation also slowly returned to the land, and Pompeii’s post-eruption inhabitants dug wells to reach groundwater beneath the ash coating the city, the study authors said. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025

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First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of post-eruption was in 1907

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“Post-eruption.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post-eruption. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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