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Definition of "post-mortem" []

  • Alternative spelling of post mortem. (noun)

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Use "post-mortem" in a sentence
  • "When the pig had wheezed its last breath, one man singed off its hair with a blowtorch, another gave it what I can only describe as a post-mortem enema, and its owner, a middle-aged man with a thick mustache, began to butcher it."
  • ""We believe all three dogs were involved in the attack, but they have to have a necropsy done" to determine that as part of the investigation, Officer Schneider said, referring to a post-mortem examination of the dogs."
  • "(My apologies to the true believers who would claim that Jesus, being God, was destined to the "post-mortem" greatness he achieved)."