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dee-fen-uh-STRAY-shun · noun

defenestration

The act of throwing someone or something out of a window.

Where the word comes from

Built from Latin de- (“down” or “away”) and fenestra (“window”).

In a sentence

“After the committee rejected the proposal, she joked that it deserved defenestration.”

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Merriam-Webster dictionary entry for defenestration