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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  • Tall office buildings are perfect for the defenestration of executive marks. —  Murder Inc. Book
  • "Nick Robinson, who is to the even more crowded arena of political journalism what Robert Peston is to financial, is not a believer in Brown's 'defenestration'" —  BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
  • A re-enactment of Dumbledore's defenestration from Urinetown's denouement. —  Netvouz - new bookmarks
  • Keep that in mind amid the defenestration of Rick Wagoner, who was not as popular with UAW Chief Ron Gettelfinger as Mr. Wagoner's replacement, Fritz Henderson. —  WSJ.com: What's News US
  • I thought that the Left, when it cultivates the social democracy pretense (i.e., firing squads are thereby unacceptable), prefer defenestration. —  QandO
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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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