defenestration: Meaning and Definition of

de•fen•es•tra•tion

Pronunciation: (dē-fen"u-strā'shun), [key]
— n.
  1. the act of throwing a thing or esp. a person out of a window: the defenestration of the commissioners at Prague.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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