defenestrate
verb | /defenestrate/
to throw someone or something out of a window
defenestrate
verb | /defenestrate/
Advanced WordsHARDto throw someone or something out of a window
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"The rioters defenestrated the statue during the protest."
"Historically, leaders were sometimes defenestrated as a form of revolt."
Mnemonic Trick
Defenestrate = De (out) + Fenestra (window) → throw out of window.
Etymology
From Latin de- (out of) + fenestra (window)
historically famous in Prague Defenestrations
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