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defenestrate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | throw |
| Derivation | defenestration |
The rebels stormed the palace and defenestrated the President.
Examples of defenestrate
defenestrate
The administration decided to defenestrate McKiernan in May.
From the newsweek.com
Something to throw to his party so they don't defenestrate him and destroy everything he's sold his soul for.
From the guardian.co.uk
But Labour's three inequalities, and the grievances they have engendered, may help to defenestrate him and Mr Brown before they can be properly alleviated.
From the economist.com
I'm hoping he'll score 12,000 Test runs so that my OTT OBO eulogy to him in the summer, approximately four seconds before Flintoff began to defenestrate him, won't look completely ridiculous.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Throw through or out of the window; "The rebels stormed the palace and defenestrated the President"
- (defenestration) the act of throwing someone or something out of a window
- (Defenestration (band)) Defenestration were a UK heavy metal band from 1999 to 2004, based in the Northamptonshire town of Kettering.
- To eject or throw (someone or something) from a window; compare transfenestrate; To throw out; To stop (a computer) from using the Windows operating system
- The original usage, dating from the 17^th century, meant "to execute by throwing someone out a window." In today's geek-speak, it means throw Microsoft's Windows out the window. "The users are much happier since we chose to defenestrate the servers and workstations at this location. ...
- To throw out of a window
