to defenestrate
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To throw someone or something out of a window
- verb
- /dɪˈfɛnəˌstreɪt/
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defenestrar
- The angry mob decided to defenestrate the corrupt politician during the protest.
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- Someone else has said you shouldn't say throw out the window, you should say defenestrate.
Examples
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You can't be defenestrated from a balcony? - It has to be a window.
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The comedian joked about defenestrating the bad ideas that came from meetings.
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You have to go through a window to be defenestrated.
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It's just I defenestrated my father in Smallville.
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Stringer was defenestrated.
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In a fit of rage, she threatened to defenestrate her troublesome computer.
Surface Forms
defenestrate infinitive
defenestrated past
defenestrated past participle
defenestrating present participle
defenestrates third person singular
Etymology
The word defenestrate comes from Latin parts de- 'out' and fenestra 'window', so it literally means 'out of the window'. That's why to defenestrate someone today is to throw them out of a window.