Defenestration
/dee-fen-uh-STRAY-shun/
खिड़की से बाहर फेंकना (khidki se bahar phenkna) / पदच्युत करना
Meanings
- The act of throwing someone out of a window
- Informal: the removal of someone from a position of power
- A sudden forceful ejection
Example Sentences
- "The Defenestration of Prague in 1618 is considered a trigger of the Thirty Years' War."
- "The board's defenestration of the CEO caught the financial markets by surprise."
- "The political defenestration of the minister was swift and merciless."
Etymology
From Latin 'de-' (down from, out of) + 'fenestra' (window) + '-ation'. One of English's most delightfully specific words — there was enough window-throwing in history to merit its own word. The Prague incidents of 1419 and 1618 are the most famous examples.