defenestrate
Meaning of defenestrate
- throw (someone) out of a window.
she had made up her mind that the woman had been defenestrated, although the official verdict had been suicide
- remove or dismiss (someone) from a position of power or authority.
the overwhelming view is that he should be defenestrated before the next election
early 17th century (as defenestrated ): see defenestration.
Information about defenestrate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of defenestrate is: defenestrates.
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Hyphenation of defenestrate
de-fen-es-trate
- It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
- defenestrate is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
Translation of defenestrate
- Spanish: defenestrar
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