Cleanup
Cleanup noun - The act of making something clean.
Failure
Failure noun - The nonperformance of an assigned or expected action.
Both words in one sentence
- For Denikin's Southern White army, the failure of his Moscow offensive at the battle of Orel was such a defeat; after Tobol and Orel the Reds had a practically guaranteed win, and the rest of the war was basically cleanup of remnant Whites, Blacks and Greens.
Source: Shocking Defeat Legacy
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