housecleaning

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housecleaning - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  housecleaning
      n 1: (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of
           unwanted personnel or practices or conditions; "more
           housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms"; "many
           employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the
           new owners"
      2: the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house;
         "efficient housecleaning should proceed one room at a time"