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SHAKEOUT
shakeout
(noun) an economic condition that results in the elimination of marginally financed participants in an industry; “they glutted the market in order to cause a shakeout of their competitors”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shakeout (plural shakeouts)
An event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated.
(engineering) 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.
Source: Wiktionary
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BEATIFY
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
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