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- Defenestration - Wikipedia
Defenestration (from Neo-Latin de fenestrā[1]) is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window [2] The term was coined around the time of an incident in Prague Castle in the year 1618 which became the spark that started the Thirty Years' War
- DEFENESTRATION 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
- Defenestration: The History Of Throwing People Out Of Windows
Discover the bizarre and disturbing history of defenestration, the practice of killing someone by throwing them out of a window When people use the word “defenestration” today, they usually mean it metaphorically, referring to removing someone from a position of power, especially public leaders
- Defenestration: Prague’s History of Literally Throwing Authority Out . . .
Although the victims survived, the incident began the Bohemian revolt against the Habsburg emperor, marking the beginning of the Thirty Years’ War In fact, the incident was so famous that it gave rise to the term defenestration itself
- DEFENESTRATION Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
DEFENESTRATION definition: the act of throwing a person or thing out of a window See examples of defenestration used in a sentence
- defenestration - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
defenestration (countable and uncountable, plural defenestrations) The act of throwing something or especially someone out of a window, especially lethally [from c 17th c ]
- defenestration, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
defenestration, n meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
- DEFENESTRATION definition | Cambridge English Dictionary
Add to word list formal the action of throwing or pushing someone out of a window: his death by defenestration
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