Synonyms:
aftermath, wake, backwash
Meaning: the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
wake
Meaning: be awake, be alert, be there
Synonyms:
wake_up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come_alive, waken
Meaning: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
Usage examples
"I can't wake when Martha comes."
"To wake," she cried, "for this!"
No one who will not sleep can ever wake."
Juliette seemed to wake as if from a dream.
I could not manage to wake him up at first."
'You'll wake him up, and then you'll catch it!
I raised her in my arms, and still she did not wake.
For sleeping how do I know what I may be when I wake?"
I tried to say a few words now and then to wake myself.
At eight in the morning a ray of daylight came to wake us up.