shakeout

n. an event that eliminates the weak or unproductive elements from a system. After a shakeout that lasted a month, we went into full production.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Adolph	AD-ahlf, AY-dahlf	English
Erlingr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Bodil	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Silvano	seel-VAH-no	Italian
Anfisa	ahn-FEE-sah	Russian
April	AY-pril	English