defenestration

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For Rich, the defenestration was just deserts (an appetizer?), as Wagoner "embraced the Hummer."

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  1. noun An act of throwing someone or something out of a window.

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  • For Rich, the defenestration was just deserts (an appetizer?), as Wagoner "embraced the Hummer." —  The Truth About Cars
  • Many had attended the conference to witness a defenestration, a palace coup, after a series of well-known MPs and even one cabinet minister called publicly for Mr. Brown's resignation last week, and close colleagues gave off-record interviews declaring their willingness to take his job. —  A dime a dozen political blog
  • We're holding her for defenestration, " said Conklin. —  The 5th Horseman
  • You don't need to be embarrassed about visiting dating sites unless you're into literature instead of video games, insist on using netspeak and cannot spell the word defenestration. —  Kotaku
  • "I have now felt it, " she said. —  Renegades Of Gor
 

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  1. From de- + Latin fenestra, window.

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  1. New Latin defenestratio(n-), < *defenestrare, < English de, from, + fenestra, window.
 

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/dəfɛnɛsˈtreɪʃən/
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by dbshaffer
by Lee Davis-Thalbourne

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