cull
verb [ T ]
WORKPLACE informal uk/kʌl/ usto reduce the number of people that work for a particular company by a large amount:
The programme of redundancies was intended to cull 1000 jobs.
The company has culled 1,900 people from its workforce.
cull
noun [ C ]
WORKPLACE uk/kʌl/ usa large reduction in the number of people that work for a particular company:
The cull will affect almost 15% of the 7,000 staff.
a management/staff cull