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Noun: defenestration  dee,fe-nu'strey-shun
  1. The act of throwing someone or something out of a window
    "The historical defenestration of Prague sparked a major conflict"

Derived forms: defenestrations

Type of: ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance

Encyclopedia: Defenestration