ensued
v.v. happened after something else, usually as a result of it. If a fight starts and then people get hurt, you say the injuries ensued.
v. happened or occurred afterward as a result of a preceding event. Past tense of 'ensue'; never takes a direct object.
A long silence ensued after his shocking announcement.
When the referee made the controversial call, a heated argument ensued between the two coaches.
The sudden collapse of the regional bank triggered a panic on the stock market, and a period of intense economic volatility ensued for several months.
Intransitive — it cannot take a direct object. Often used in the past tense to describe a sequence of events.
A fight ensued themA fight ensuedEnsued is intransitive; it describes what happened, not what someone did to an object.