Defenestration
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The action of throwing someone out of a window.
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The act of bodily [thowing] a person out of a window. [Defenestration] is best executed from a third story (glass) window as it breaks bones but allows the defenestree to limp away.
Defenestration first officially happened at the Defenestration of [Prague] in 1618, leading to the start of the 30 years war.
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v. [The act] of [throwing] something or SOMEONE out of [a window].
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[The art] of [hurling] the nearest problem out of [a window].
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The [coolest] [word] [EVER]
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Noun. ([defenestration]) the act of throwing something or someone out of [a window]
Verb. ([defenestrate]) to throw something or someone out of a window
The different degrees of defenestration correspond with the number of floors the victim has to fall.
from latin:
de-down
fenestra-window
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