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NOUN:
  1. The visible track of turbulence left by something moving through water: the wake of a ship.
  2. A track, course, or condition left behind something that has passed: The war left destruction and famine in its wake.

IDIOM:
in the wake of
  1. Following directly on.
  2. In the aftermath of; as a consequence of.
ETYMOLOGY:
Possibly from Middle Low German, hole in the ice, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse vök


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