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Throw someone out of a window
Answer for the clue "Throw someone out of a window ", 12 letters:
defenestrate
Word definitions for defenestrate in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. throw through or out of the window; "The rebels stormed the palace and defenestrated the President"
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To eject or throw (someone or something) from a window; compare (term transfenestrate English). 2 (context transitive English) To throw out. 3 (context computing transitive humorous slang English) To remove a (w: Windows) ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
defenestrate \de*fen"es*trate\ (d[-e]*f[e^]n"[e^]s*tr[=a]t), v. t. to throw (something or someone) out of a window.
Usage examples of defenestrate.
She half expected to see the iron teeth of a portcullis winking from the ceiling, defenestrating knights peering out of arrow slits above, cauldrons of boiling pitch at the ready.
The Dream showed him why he was still breathing, why he had not slit his wrists in his Philippine hospital bed or defenestrated himself from his Washington office.