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[Noun] | "de*fen*es*tra*tion" | \ (ˌ)dē-ˌfe-nə-ˈstrā-shən \
1: a throwing of a person or thing out of a window
2: a usually swift dismissal or expulsion (as from a political party or office)
Origin: 1619 ;
De- + Latin fenestra window;
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(1) - { defenestrating } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Verb] | "defenestrating"
1: as in pink-slipping, terminating;
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[ "defenestration" ]
1: The act of bodily thowing a person out of a window. Defenestration is best executed from a third story (glass) window as it breaks bones but allows the defenestree to limp away.
* e.g., ... "I was told not to shoot the king's messenger, so I defenestrated him; he broke both legs. I do believe the king got the message."
[ "defenestration" ]
2: Defenestration first officially happened at the Defenestration of Prague in 1618, leading to the start of the 30 years war.
* e.g., ... "Gee, Larry, I haven't seen a good old-fashioned defenestration in a while."
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[ "defenestrated" ]
1: The act of being thrown out of a window.
* e.g., ... DUDE! That dead guy on the side walk was totally defenestrated!
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[ "defenestrate" ]
1: to throw out a window
* e.g., ... Larry pissed me off, so I defenestrated him off the thirty-first floor. What a mess.
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[ "defenestration" ]
1: The art of hurling the nearest problem out of a window.
* e.g., ... Defenestration of a human out of a 30th story window has a vicious tendency to create a mess that the police are not to keen on cleaning up.
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[ "defenestration" ]
1: v. The act of throwing something or SOMEONE out of a window.
* e.g., ... on witnessing the disposal of a cigarette from the window of a moving car: "That was a heinous act of defenestration!"
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[ "Defenestrated" ]
1: To have thrown something or someone out or through a window.
* e.g., ... The evil stepmother was angry with me, so she defenestrated my boyfriend.
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[ "defenestration" ]
1: The coolest word EVER
* e.g., ... Mom, can I defenestrate my brother?
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[ "Defenestration" ]
1: Throwing someone out of a window.
* e.g., ... Davy: Joe called me a little baby
Michael: then commit defenestration and throw that mf out the classroom window
Davy: ok
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[ "Defenestration" ]
1: The act of throwing something or someone out of a window.
Comes from the latin word "fenestra" which means window or opening.
* e.g., ... Frank: Dude! Where are all my stuff?
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[ "Defenestration" ]
1: The act of throwing somebody out a window
related forms:
To defenestrate- the verb
* e.g., ... I would defenestrate my brother, but we live on the 5th floor and he would most likely die.
Defenestration is attempted murder.
[ "Defenestration" ]
2: defenestrated-past tense
[ "Defenestration" ]
3: defenstrator-noun- one who commits the act of defenestration
Root:
The latin DE as in to remove + FENESTRA as in window = to remove from a window (throw out a window)
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