backwash (
http://definr.com/backwash)
n 1: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft
propeller [syn:
slipstream,
airstream,
race,
wash]
2: 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" [syn:
aftermath,
wake]
3: the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward;
"the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" [syn:
wake]