Definition of Thereupon

immediately; shortly after

Examples of Thereupon in a sentence

The police chief thereupon ordered a blocking of the road so that more accidents did not occur.  🔊

Moving quickly, the government thereupon placed the entire country under martial law.  🔊

The fast spender ran through his windfall in two years and thereupon returned to his home town.  🔊

Several of the employees lost their jobs thereupon and were quickly given their pink slips.  🔊

Thereupon, the two women escaped through a hidden tunnel in the cellar.  🔊

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