defenestrating

• The Bush administration quickly achieved its goal of defenestrating the Taliban regime but was too enamored of starting another war in Iraq to consolidate its gains. —  Antiwar.com Original
• And if that doesn't work out and everything goes "tits up" with Iraq, then at least the US would have some justification in going back in and defenestrating everyone in sight. —  TPN :: GDay World
• According to Justice's Office of Legal Counsel, the Bush administration believed it had the right to use the military to seize alleged terrorists in their homes without a warrant, thereby defenestrating the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure and the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the military from carrying out law enforcement operations at home. —  The Nation: Top Stories
• Europe was the toxic issue that tore the Tory party apart in the early 1990s, defenestrating a prime minister, creating a byproduct of sullen rebellious "bastards" who made her successor John Major's life a misery. —  Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
• Last year, during Brown's brief honeymoon, there were murmurings of defenestrating David Cameron, such was the concern that the change in leader would affect their fortunes. —  Obsolete

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