shakeout

Noun

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

Translations

 * German: Bereinigungsprozess,, Gesundschrumpfung