What does defenestrate mean?
Definitions for defenestrate
de·fen·es·trate
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Princeton's WordNet
defenestrateverb
throw through or out of the window
"The rebels stormed the palace and defenestrated the President"
GCIDE
defenestrateverb
to throw (something or someone) out of a window.
Wiktionary
defenestrateverb
To eject or throw (someone or something) from a window; compare transfenestrate.
defenestrateverb
To throw out.
defenestrateverb
To stop (a computer) from using the operating system.
Etymology: from de-, + fenestra.
Wikipedia
defenestrate
Defenestration (from Modern Latin fenestra) is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window. The term was coined around the time of an incident in Prague Castle in the year 1618 which became the spark that started the Thirty Years' War. This was done in "good Bohemian style", referring to the defenestration which had occurred in Prague's New Town Hall almost 200 years earlier (July 1419), which also on that occasion led to the Hussite war. The word comes from the New Latin de- (down from) and fenestra (window or opening).By extension, the term is also used to describe the forcible or peremptory removal of an adversary.
ChatGPT
defenestrate
Defenestrate is a verb that means to throw someone or something out of a window. It originated from incidents in history where people were thrown out of windows as a form of execution or punishment.
Editors Contribution
defenestrateverb
The act of throwing someone/something out of a window
I have defenestrated my sister.
Etymology: Comes from the latin "de" meaning "out of" and "fenestra" meaning "window"
Submitted by mckenziekenziemcknight on October 13, 2021
defenestrateverb
To throw one out of a window.
Submitted by Star527 on October 14, 2022
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of defenestrate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of defenestrate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Translations for defenestrate
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- يلقي من النافذةArabic
- defenestrarCatalan, Valencian
- defenestrovatCzech
- forsvareDanish
- defenestrierenGerman
- αμύνομαιGreek
- defenestrateEsperanto
- defenestrar, defenestrateSpanish
- دفاع کردنPersian
- [[heittää]] [[ikkuna]]sta [[ulos]]Finnish
- défenestrerFrench
- बदनाम करनाHindi
- henda út um gluggaIcelandic
- defenestrareItalian
- להגןHebrew
- ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದಿಸುKannada
- 방어하다Korean
- defendereLatin
- defenestrowaćPolish
- defenestrarPortuguese
- [[выки́дывать]] [[из]] [[окно, [[вы́бросить]] [[из]] [[окно, [[выбра́сывать]] [[из]] [[окно, [[вы́кинуть]] [[из]] [[окноRussian
- defenestreraSwedish
- பாதுகாக்கTamil
- రక్షించుTelugu
- defenestrateTurkish
- 开窗Chinese
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