defenestration
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defenestration
- /dɪˌfɛnɪˈstɹeɪʃ(ə)n/ UK
- /ˌdiː-/ UK
- /diˌfɛnəˈstɹeɪʃən/ US
Rhymes with -eɪʃən, -ɪʃən
Where it comes from
From New Latin defenestratio, from dē (“from; out”) + fenestra (“window”) + -atio (suffix indicating an action or process); compare Middle French défenestrer (modern French défenestrer), défenestration, Italian defenestrazione and
German Fenstersturz. The verb defenestrate was formed later.
noun defenestrations
- The act of throwing something or especially someone out of a window, especially lethally. The "Defenestration" at Prague (A.D. 1618). [...] The imperial Austrian Councillors are thrown out of the window of the castle of Hradschin by the enraged Bohemian Deputies [...]
- The high-profile removal of a person from an organization. Be that as it may, his defenestration was coldly abrupt, and in his place, the Football Association resurrected a veteran manager and former England star in Joe Mercer for seven games.
- to eliminate from a contest or sport championship Parrott had described Thursday’s defenestration of Cristiano Ronaldo’s team as the best night of his life, only for Sunday to be yet more gloriously dramatic. The former Tottenham trainee, who plays in the Dutch Eredivisie for AZ Alkmaar, would almost certainly not have started Ireland’s double-head
- The act of removing the Microsoft Windows operating system from a computer in order to install an alternative one. Defenestration might be an option too. May I recommend Linux?
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noun high-profile removal of a person from an organization
| Deutsch | Entlassung, Absetzung |
|---|
noun act of throwing out a window
| Español | defenestración |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 窓外放出 sōgai hōshutsu, 窓外放擲 sōgai hōteki |
| 中文 | 拋出窗外 /抛出窗外 pāochū chuāngwài, 拋窗 /抛窗 pāochuāng, 擲窗 /掷窗 zhìchuāng |
| Português | defenestração |
| Français | défenestration |
| Deutsch | Fenstersturz, Defenestration |
| Italiano | defenestrazione |
| Ελληνικά | εκπαραθύρωση ekparathýrosi |
| Română | defenestrație |
| Русский | дефенестра́ция defenestrácija |
| العربية | الرَّمْيُ مِنَ النَّافِذَة ar-ramyu mina an-nāfiḏa |
Talk about this word "defenestration." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/defenestration. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. defenestration. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/defenestration "defenestration." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/defenestration.Cite this
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title = {defenestration},
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year = {2026},
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