postapocalyptic
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- post-post-apocalyptic adjective
- postapocalyptically adverb
Example Sentences
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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 Malibu: In “Planet of the Apes,” Charlton Heston’s character, George Taylor, discovers the Statue of Liberty half-buried in the sand—and realizes that what he thought was an alien planet is a postapocalyptic Earth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
This year’s event will start off with a screening and conversation with the stars of Apple TV’s postapocalyptic sci-fi series “Pluribus.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 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
Their environments ran the gamut, from sword-and-sorcery settings to cyberpunk-themed planetwide cities to irradiated postapocalyptic zombie-infested wastelands.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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