postapocalyptic
adjective
post·apoc·a·lyp·tic
ˌpōst-ə-ˌpä-kə-ˈlip-tik 
: existing or occurring after a catastrophically destructive disaster or apocalypse
In a postapocalyptic world where nature has become just as violent as humanity …—
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Gretchen Crowleypostapocalyptic films [=films that are set in a postapocalyptic world]
postapocalypse
noun
The postapocalypse has been trendy for a while, but of late, there seems to be a spate of tales of the end times, and we eat them up.
—Molly Eichel
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And not just any Secret Service agent but one of the few selected to live in this postapocalyptic society?
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
As if the year of the dragon wasn’t finished with us, January 2025 in Los Angeles brought the kind of sudden devastation that could force a postapocalyptic metropolis such as this to reacquaint itself with God, only to declare God dead again as existential crisis demands.
—Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2025
How does a novelty candy end up in a postapocalyptic bunker hundreds of years later?
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
Heretic Photo: Kimberley French/A24 Filmmaking duo Scott Beck and Bryan Woods made a name for themselves with 2018’s A Quiet Place, a postapocalyptic movie about survivors forced to live in silence.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
As if the year of the dragon wasn’t finished with us, January 2025 in Los Angeles brought the kind of sudden devastation that could force a postapocalyptic metropolis such as this to reacquaint itself with God, only to declare God dead again as existential crisis demands.
—Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2025
How does a novelty candy end up in a postapocalyptic bunker hundreds of years later?
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
Heretic Photo: Kimberley French/A24 Filmmaking duo Scott Beck and Bryan Woods made a name for themselves with 2018’s A Quiet Place, a postapocalyptic movie about survivors forced to live in silence.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Postapocalyptic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postapocalyptic. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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