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defenestrate
de·fen·es·trate [ dee fénnə stràyt ] (past and past participle de·fen·es·trated, present participle de·fen·es·trat·ing, 3rd person present singular de·fen·es·trates)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
throw somebody or something out of window: to throw something or somebody out of a window ( formal or humorous )

[Early 17th century. <de- + Latin fenestra "window"]

de·fen·es·tra·tion [ dee fènnə stráysh'n ] noun
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