defenestrate

Definition

To eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window.

Etymology

First attested in 1904; back-formation from defenestration on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from New Latin dē- (“out”) + fenestra (“window”) + -ātiō (“-ation”).

Example Sentences

• "I defenestrated a clock to see if time flies!"
• "The cultural historians of science 'feel the need to defenestrate science, or at least take it off its pedestal' (Pumfrey. Rossi & Slawinski 1991. p. 3)."
• "Ever since he helped to defenestrate Richard Nixon in 1974, Mr Woodward has been a sort of super-reporter ..."