2syllables
shakeout
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Definitions ofshakeout
1noun
- An event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated.
Example: "The dot-com shakeout of the 1990s left only the most durable, most profitable, and most well backed companies surviving."
- The separation of molds from their flask, the castings from the molding sand, and potentially the cores from the castings.
- The shaking of an object to spread it wide and eject any debris.
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