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Defenestrate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Defenestrate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

throw through or out of the window

"The rebels stormed the palace and defenestrated the President"

2

To eject or throw (someone or something) from a window; compare transfenestrate.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
throw

Origin

The word "defenestrate" was first used in 1904 as a verb form derived from the noun "defenestration." It comes from New Latin, combining elements meaning "out," "window," and the suffix for actions.

Rhyming Words
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