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Defenestrate

//dəˈfɛnɪstɹeɪt// verb, slang

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Verb

1
To eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window. transitive
"I defenestrated a clock to see if time flies!"
2
throw through or out of the window wordnet
3
To throw out; to remove or dismiss (someone) from a position of power or authority. transitive
"The cultural historians of science 'feel the need to defenestrate science, or at least take it off its pedestal' (Pumfrey. Rossi & Slawinski 1991. p. 3)."
4
To remove a Windows operating system from (a computer). humorous, slang, transitive
"This posting was written on a Windows 95 PC, Defenestrate it immediately. Install Linux. :-)"

Etymology

First attested in 1904; back-formation from defenestration on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from New Latin dē- (“out”) + fenestra (“window”) + -ātiō (“-ation”).

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