Defenestrate (verb) (rare)
dee-fen-u-stray-t
To throw someone/something out of a window.
First used in the early 17th century.
Example sentences
“He’s going to get defenestrated if he keeps tapping that pen on the desk!”
“We’ll have a mass defenestration on our hands if we take their bonuses away!”
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