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defenestration

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/diːˌfɛnɪˈstreɪʃən/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(dē fen′ə strā′shən)

de•fen•es•tra•tion (dē fen′ə strā′shən),USA pronunciation n.

the act of throwing a thing or esp. a person out of a window:the defenestration of the commissioners at Prague.

de- + Latin fenestr(a) window + -ation 1610–20

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defenestration /diːˌfɛnɪˈstreɪʃən/ n

the act of throwing someone out of a window

Etymology: 17th Century: from New Latin dēfenestrātiō, from Latin de- + fenestra window

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