defenestrate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /dɪˈfɛnɪstreɪt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /dəˈfɛnɪstreɪt/

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• Hyphenation: de‧fen‧es‧trate

Verb

Plain form defenestrate

Third-person singular defenestrates

Past tense defenestrated

Past participle defenestrated

Present participle defenestrating

People being defenestrated

1. If you defenestrate something or someone, you throw them from a window.

Related words

• defenestration