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shakeout

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  • as inrecession
  • as inupheaval
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Synonyms for shakeout

noun reversal of action; reduction of business activity
  • bankruptcy
  • collapse
  • decline
  • deflation
  • downturn
  • hard times
  • inflation
  • shakeout
  • slide
  • slump
  • stagnation
  • unemployment
  • bust
  • depression
  • bad times
  • big trouble
  • bottom-out
  • rainy days

Antonyms for shakeout

  • increase
  • rise
  • success
  • advance
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More words related to shakeout

bum's rush

noun. forcible eviction
  • bounce
  • chuck
  • culling
  • disdain
  • eviction
  • heave-ho
  • push
  • riddance
  • scorn
  • shakeout

recession

noun. reversal of action; reduction of business activity

upheaval

noun. major change
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