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defenestrate

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12 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈfɛnɪstɹeɪt/Part of speech verbSorted adeeeefnrsttStarts with DEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. throw through or out of the window

Word origin

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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  • I defenestrated a clock to see if time flies!
  • 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).
  • Ever since he helped to defenestrate Richard Nixon in 1974, Mr Woodward has been a sort of super-reporter ...

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