- Defenestration - Wikipedia
Defenestration (from Neo-Latin de fenestrā[1]) is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window [2] 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
- DEFENESTRATION Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
These days, defenestration —from the Latin fenestra, meaning "window"—is often used to describe the forceful removal of someone from public office or from some other advantageous position
- Defenestration: Prague’s History of Literally Throwing Authority Out . . .
The earliest recorded defenestration in Prague occurred in 1419 at the hands of the Hussites, the followers of religious reformer Jan Hus Sources report Jan Želivský, a Czech priest, led a crowd of Hussites to the New Town Hall demanding the release of imprisoned supporters
- Defenestration: The History Of Throwing People Out Of Windows
Discover the bizarre and disturbing history of defenestration, the practice of killing someone by throwing them out of a window When people use the word “defenestration” today, they usually mean it metaphorically, referring to removing someone from a position of power, especially public leaders
- DEFENESTRATION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Add to word list formal the action of throwing or pushing someone out of a window: his death by defenestration
- defenestration, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
defenestration, n meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
- DEFENESTRATION Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Defenestration definition: the act of throwing a person or thing out of a window See examples of DEFENESTRATION used in a sentence
- defenestration - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
defenestration (countable and uncountable, plural defenestrations) The act of throwing something or especially someone out of a window, especially lethally [from c 17th c ] quotations
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