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noun
- The act of throwing something, or someone, out of a window.
- (British) High profile removal of a person from an organization
- quotations:
- "Be that as it may, his was coldly abrupt, and in his place, the Football Association resurrected a veteran manager and former England star in Joe Mercer for seven games." —Sunday Times, September 4, 2005
- (neologism) The act of removing Windows operating system from a computer in order to install an alternative one
Translations: - French: défenestration
- German: Fenstersturz , Defenstration
Etymology: First attested circa w:17th century, 17th century, from de-, "out" + fenestra, "window," historically, it was used as an act of political dissent, notably the w:Defenestrations of Prague, Defenestrations of Prague.
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