DEFENESTRATE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster These days, defenestration —from the Latin fenestra, meaning "window"—is often used to describe the forceful removal of someone from public office or from some other advantageous position History's most famous defenestration, however, was one in which the tossing out the window was quite literal
Defenestration - Wikipedia In 1618, rebel Protestant leaders in Prague defenestrate two Catholic Royal regents and their secretary, who survived the 20-metre (68-foot) fall out of the windows of Prague Castle
defenestrate - Wiktionary, the free dictionary defenestrate (third-person singular simple present defenestrates, present participle defenestrating, simple past and past participle defenestrated) (transitive) To eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window
defenestrate - definition and meaning - Wordnik Let the fear flow, and the public know, that you will not be afraid to defend yourself and your authority -- or to defenestrate those who violate the public trust