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defenestration (s) (noun), defenestrations (pl)
An act of tossing or flinging someone or something out of a window: The defenestration of garbage and human-night soil onto the streets was a common practice in many medieval cities.
The act of throwing something or someone out of a window.
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This entry is located in the following units: -ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation) (page 25) de- (page 14) fenestra-, fenestr- (page 1)
Word Entries containing the term: “defenestration”
autocide-defenestration (s) (noun), autocide-defenestrations (pl)
Suicide by jumping out of a window.
This entry is located in the following units: auto-, aut- (page 6) -cide, -cides, -cidal (page 2) fenestra-, fenestr- (page 1)
Word Entries at Get Words: “defenestration”
defenestration, defenestrations
The throwing of a person or thing out of a window. (1)
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