a throwing out through a window
Origin of defenestration
Modern Latin defenestratio from Classical Latin de- + fenestra, windowdefenestration
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defenestration
noun
An act of throwing someone or something out of a window.
Origin of defenestration
From de- Latin fenestra windowTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural defenestrations)
- The act of throwing something, or someone, out of a window.
- (UK) High profile removal of a person from an organization.
- (neologism, humorous) The act of removing the Microsoft Windows operating system from a computer in order to install an alternative one.
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