shakeup

Other forms: shakeups

Definitions of shakeup
  1. noun
    a set of drastic changes, such as to staff, policies, or organizational structure
    “top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup”
    synonyms: reorganisation, reorganization, shake-up
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    type of:
    organisation, organization
    the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business
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