The Defenestration of Prague of 23 May 1618 is considered to have triggered the Thirty Year War.
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Defenestration
/dɪˌfɛnɪˈstɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
Synonyms for "defenestration" (34 found)
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6 entriesPrague defenestrationdefenestration actdefenestration historydefenestration incidentmass defenestrationsingle defenestration
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German
2 entries- Absetzung noun (high-profile removal of a person from an organization)
- Entlassung noun (high-profile removal of a person from an organization)
Swedish
1 entries- störtning noun (high-profile removal of a person from an organization)
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Defenestration is a common method of murder in Russia.
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The immediate defenestration of humanistic culture can't be a random project.
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The "Defenestration" at Prague (A.D. 1618). [...] The imperial Austrian Councillors are thrown out of the window of the castle of Hradschin by the enraged Bohemian Deputies [...]
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