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The Collaborative International Dictionary
defenestrate

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.

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defenestrate

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) operating system from a computer.

WordNet
defenestrate

v. throw through or out of the window; "The rebels stormed the palace and defenestrated the President"

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.