defenestration (redirected from defenestrating)

de·fen·es·tra·tion  (d-fn-strshn)

n.

An act of throwing someone or something out of a window.

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[From de- + Latin fenestra, window.]

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defenestration

the act of hurling from a window, especially people.

See also: Killing

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Noun

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defenestration - the act of throwing someone or something out of a window expulsion, riddance, ejection, exclusion - the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"