defenestrate

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American Heritage Dictionary (1 definition)

    –transitive verb
  1. To throw out of a window.

GNU Webster's 1913 (1 definition)

    –verb-transitive
  1. to throw (something or someone) out of a window.

WordNet (1 definition)

    –verb
  1. Throw through or out of the window.

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/ (dē-fĕnˈĭ-strātˌ)/
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  1. Back-formation from defenestration.

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