A subsequent or follow-up attack; a second assault that occurs after an initial attack.
Compound of 'after' and 'attack' (from Old French 'attaquer'). Modern military or strategic term describing sequential assaults.
Military strategists worry about 'afterattacks' because enemies might regroup—this word shows how warfare requires thinking not just about the immediate battle, but about what happens next.
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