postapocalyptic
Americanadjective
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In “The Road,” Cormac McCarthy depicts a postapocalyptic world with the savagery and tangled lyricism he earlier brought to blood-dimmed novels about the Western borderlands.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
People unnecessarily sold low to preserve wealth that would have been useless in a postapocalyptic hellscape.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
In the sequel panel, the tables have turned: The same guy is chained in a postapocalyptic hellscape while the woman lounges happily with her robot overlord, smugly nibbling chocolates.
From Slate • Aug. 31, 2025
Season 2 saw Ramsey embodying Ellie, a stubborn young woman living in a postapocalyptic reality, in a more mature way.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025
Overall, she seemed to be going for a sort of mid-’80s postapocalyptic cyberpunk girl-next-door look.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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