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der Kahlschlag (-schläge) clear-cut, clearing, deforestation; axing, mass firing/sacking (fig.); decimation, demolition
Passanten und Anwohner bezweifeln die Notwendigkeit des radikalen Kahlschlags.
Passers-by and local residents doubt the necessity of the radical clear-cutting (of trees in the area).
General Motors treibt die Sanierung voran. Bei dem US-Autokonzern beginnt heute der Job-Kahlschlag unter den qualifizierten Arbeitskräften.
General Motors is going ahead with its housecleaning. Today at the U.S. automaker the massive layoffs of skilled workers begins.
Related: kahl bald; shaved, shorn; bare; leafless
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