postbattle en · ADJ
Etymology
From post- + battle.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) After a battle.
They can be noisy and turbulent, as in “That Man I Shot,” a soldier’s postbattle reactions set to a feedback-drenched Crazy Horse stomp, or steadfast and long-suffering, as in the album’s other Iraq war song, “The Home Front,” Mr. Hood’s sketch of a soldier’s family.
2008 January 21, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times: