DEFENESTRATION Definition & Meaning

defenestration

[ dee-fen-uh-strey-shuhn ]

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noun

the act of throwing a person or thing out of a window:
The defenestration of the Catholic commissioners in Prague precipitated the Thirty Years’ War.
the act of suddenly removing someone from an important position or office:
When the new corporate board was voted in, there was a massive defenestration of high-level executives.

defenestration

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noun

the act of throwing someone out of a window

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Origin of defenestration¹

First recorded in 1610–20; de- + Latin fenestr(a) “window” + -ation

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Origin of defenestration¹

C17: from New Latin ��ŧ�ڱ�Ա��ٰ��پ�ō, from Latin de- + fenestra window

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The debacle was humiliating, especially after multiple candidates for the role flamed out after McCarthy's pointless defenestration.

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Before Trump’s two defenestrations, the only dumping of an FBI chief was Clinton’s firing of William Sessions after taking office in 1993.

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Nancy Pelosi, whose fingerprints are all over the defenestration of President Biden, has expressed deep sadness at the rupture in their relationship.

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Indeed, for all the claims that Biden’s political defenestration was the work of party elites overruling voters, the truth is that voters had been telling pollsters they didn’t think Biden should run again for years.

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A series of events in recent days — the defenestration of Ronna McDaniel, threatened disbarment of John Eastman, capitulation of Kari Lake in a defamation lawsuit — suggests a reckoning is upon us.

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