AFTERCLAP Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

afterclap

noun

Definition of afterclap

as in side effect

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Noun

Last year, when Makary was still commissioner, the FDA added safety warnings to mRNA Covid-19 vaccines about a rare heart inflammation side effect.

— Chelsea Cirruzzo, STAT, 14 Oct. 2026
Eventually, Ley hopes, the results could help fight this side effect of vaccines and, by extension, encourage higher vaccination rates.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 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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Texas’ Safe Haven Law, also known as the Baby Moses Law, allows parents to anonymously surrender an unharmed infant 60 days old or younger without legal repercussions.

— Star-Telegram staff, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2026
As more and more people succumb to AI psychosis, horror movies are (as always) the first to dive into the repercussions.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of repercussion

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Only weeks later, alas, Hurts became another face of the cause — as the NBCA addressed with what essentially was a public-service bulletin about the implications of his situation.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
The intellectual property implications are substantial for brands weighing design protection, trade dress and the limits of enforcement when consumers are actively amplifying lookalikes.

— Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of implication

Noun

Admittedly, the album’s ’90s sound palette has echoes of millennial nostalgia bait—but then again, when has nostalgia not been part of Hemsworth’s appeal?

— Mehan Jayasuriya, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026
The speaker comes with a microphone input, echo, and key controls to take the festivities to the next level.

— George Yang, PC Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026

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