defenestration
The act of throwing something or especially someone out of a window, especially lethallyThe act of throwing something or especially someone out of a window, especially lethally.
» The immediate defenestration of humanistic culture can't be a random project.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of throwing something or especially someone out of a window, especially lethally.
Fenstersturz, Defenestration
дефенестра́цияdefenestrácija
дефенестра́ціяdefenestrácija
the act of throwing someone or something out of a window
(UK, countable, uncountable)The high-profile removal of a person from an organization.
Entlassung, Absetzung
The high-profile removal of a person from an organization.
(UK, countable, figuratively, uncountable)To eliminate from a contest or sport championship
(countable, humorous, uncountable)The act of removing the Microsoft Windows operating system from a computer in order to install an alternative one.
Examples
2 sentencesThe immediate defenestration of humanistic culture can't be a random project.
Defenestration is a common method of murder in Russia.
deFenstersturz ist in Russland eine verbreitete Mordmethode.
Translations
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Origin
From New Latin defenestratio, from dē (“from; out”) + fenestra (“window”) + -atio (suffixFrom 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
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Forms
plural: defenestrations| Singular | defenestration |
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Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable