The collapse of the short-lived postwarboom also had its effect.
Fascists and Conservatives (1990)
Made largely in the 1960s, the pictures grouped under this umbrella charted the changing character of Italy during its postwarboom.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The last time anything on this scale happened was when the oil crisis of the early 1970s brought the great postwar construction boom to a halt.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Definition of 'boom'
boom
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countable noun [usually singular]
If there is a boom in the economy, there is an increase in economic activity, for example in the amount of things that are being bought and sold.
Definition of 'post-war'
post-war
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adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Post-war is used to describe things that happened, existed, or were made in the period immediately after a war, especially the Second World War, 1939-45.