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defenestrate (verb), defenestrates; defenestrated; defenestrating
1. To throw something out of a window: Before toilets were invented and widely used, people in the past defenestrated their human wastes out on the streets in cities and were even defenestrating such excreta on people who were walking by the buildings below.
2. Etymology: The verb form was actually derived from the noun defenestration, and is composed of de-, "from, of" + fenestra "window". Fenestra is used in French fenĂȘtre and in German Fenster.

Although the following image represents a noun, it also illustrates the meaning of this verb.

The act of throwing something through a window.
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This entry is located in the following units: de- (page 14) fenestra-, fenestr- (page 1)
defenestrated (adjective), more defenestrated, most defenestrated
1. A reference to something that is thrown out of a window.
2. In computer language, indicating the removal of a Windows's program from a computer.
This entry is located in the following units: de- (page 14) fenestra-, fenestr- (page 1)
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Throwing something or someone out of a window. (1)