Defenestrate - Grandiloquent Word of the Day

Defenestrate [dee-FEN-eh-strayt]
(v.)
-Throwing of a person or thing out of a window.
-A usually swift dismissal or expulsion (as from a political party or office).

From Latin “fenestra” (window) First known use 1620.

Used in a sentence:
“After weeks of practice, it was their time to shine on the dance-floor; but nobody could have predicted that Hugo would defenestrate poor Gina during the climax of their cha-cha!”

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