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   defenestration

   /ˌdiːfɛnɪˈstreɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of throwing someone out of a window: formal, humorous "death by defenestration has a venerable history"
   • ▪ see Prague
   • 2. the action or process of dismissing someone from a position of power or authority: informal "that victory resulted in Churchill's own defenestration by the war-weary British electorate"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from modern Latin defenestratio(n-), from de- ‘down from’ + Latin fenestra ‘window’.

   Scrabble Points: 18

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