The business process of terminating an entire geographic location. Sometimes done to move people to corporate headquarters, of as part of a bigger plan to outsource jobs, or a cost savings plan to move jobs to a cheaper region (e.g. India).
The first thing Jeremy did after joining the company, was to perform "regional cleansing" of the Redmond, Washington development group. Jeremy showed up Monday and told everyone that their jobs were being eliminated. They had one month to look for new jobs in other corporate locations.
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The city of Leander engaged in economic cleansing when it raised city water rates so high that poor residents couldn't afford the water bill. The Health Dept. said they can't live in a trailer, where they lived for 30 years, without their city water hookup. They must move. They have been economically cleansed by the city council.
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(v.) Of a male: attempting to remove feces streaks from the bowl of a toilet by aiming urine within close proximity.
(n.) The act of said action.
(n.) The act of said action.
A: I just WRECKED on that toilet, man!
B: Yeah I know, I had to stream clean the shit out of it 'cause Jenny was next in line.
B: Yeah I know, I had to stream clean the shit out of it 'cause Jenny was next in line.
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When the little man drank the poisoned wine in "Princess Bride," Wesley sucked his man boobs clean of fat and milk.
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Get the I got in a fight with a vacuum cleaner mug.A gay school where they want drama but it dosent happen I went there for a couple years but most girls are flat so I switched overall just a gay school where anyone can make it in accelerated and guys joke about fucking each other and call each other daddy
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