Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
defenestration

defenestration

1 9.9
An act of throwing someone or something out of a window
  • noun
  • /ˌdɛfɪˈnɛstreɪʃən/
  • NSFW
: defenestración
  • Cause of death: suicide by defenestration.
  • the defenestration of Prague

People probably at that point probably thought they were safe, that the the crime wave of defenestration was over.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • In a bizarre incident, a playful cat caused the defenestration of numerous items from the ledge.

  • It appears he's requesting my immediate self-defenestration.

    Mortdecai (2015)

  • But who can say what it was like, if it was anything like this terrible, unspeakable defenestration of chairs?

    Blog text (32)

  • CIA manuals say the easiest way to off someone with minimal investigation is defenestration.

    Blog text (3)

  • The protest escalated into a chaotic defenestration when protesters threw furniture out of the windows.

  • Defenestration became infamous in Prague, particularly during the events of 1618.

Synonyms

ejection
vsdefenestration
22 5.5

Forcing someone or something out of a place quickly

is a specific act that throws someone or something out of a window
dislodgment
vsdefenestration
  • US
1 7.3

Forcing something out of a place, for example removing someone from power

involves physical throwing out of a window rather than mere removal from position

Surface Forms

defenestration singular
defenestrations plural

Morphology

defenestration = defenestrate (opaque) = de + fenestr + ation

The noun is a regular nominalization of the verb 'defenestrate' using the productive suffix '-ation'.

Etymology

Defenestration comes from the Latin parts de- 'away' and fenestra 'window', so it literally means 'out of the window'. That's why a defenestration is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window.