postmortem

Definition

  • adjective: happening after death
  • adjective: done, occurring, or collected after death
  • synonyms: autopsy, canvass, check

Examples

  • Party leaders are conducting a 'postmortem' of the election to try to find out what went wrong.

  • A 'postmortem' showed that the man had been poisoned.

  • a 'postmortem' examination

Movie quotes

  • (..) - It matters. - Point taken. Ligature marks found around the wrists, not around the ankles. This would indicate that the skinning was postmortem. - Time, Pilch. My move. - You lured him with produce. Tough noogies. It's still my turn. Nice and slow, baby. If the beetle moves one of your men, (..)
    1991 The Silence of the Lambs
  • (..) He keeps them alive for three days. We don't know why. No evidence of rape or physical abuse prior to death. All the mutilation you see there is postmortem. OK, three days. Then he shoots them, skins them and dumps them, each body in a different river. The water leaves us (..)
    1991 The Silence of the Lambs