What is the verb for defenestration?
What is the verb for defenestration?
verb (used with object), de·fen·es·trat·ed, de·fen·es·trat·ing. to throw (a person or thing) out of a window: A Portuguese bishop, accused of conspiring with the leaders of Castile, was defenestrated from the north tower of Lisbon’s cathedral in 1383.
What are defenestration words?
deforce,
Can you Defenestrate yourself?
Self-defenestration is also a method of suicide. In the United States, self-defenestration is among the least common methods of committing suicide (less than 2% of all reported suicides in the United States for 2005).
How do you use Defenestrate?
Defenestrate in a Sentence ?
- We decided to defenestrate the student council president when we realized she was not handling her duties as efficiently as required.
- The king was defenestrated when his people had a revolution and overthrew him from his position of power.
Is Defenestrate someone illegal?
Self defenestration above the 2nd floor is considered dangerous. It is also illegal in most states.
What is it called when you throw someone out the window?
1 : a throwing of a person or thing out of a window assassination by defenestration.
What does Defenistrate mean?
(diːˌfɛnɪˈstreɪʃən) n. the act of throwing someone out of a window. [C17: from New Latin dēfenestrātiō, from Latin de- + fenestra window]
What does the name defenestrate mean?
defenestrate (third-person singular simple present defenestrates, present participle defenestrating, simple past and past participle defenestrated) ( transitive ) To eject or throw (someone or something) from a window ; compare transfenestrate .
What is Defenestration definition?
Definition of defenestration 1 : a throwing of a person or thing out of a window assassination by defenestration 2 : a usually swift dismissal or expulsion (as from a political party or office) the defenestration of political leaders the mass defenestration of middle management— Jane Bryant Quinn
What does defendress mean?
1. resistance against attack; protection. 2. something that defends, as a fortification or medication. 3. the defending of a cause or the like by speech, etc.: to speak in defense of a cause. 4. the arms production of a nation: spending billions on defense.
