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defenestration
dee-fe-na-STRAY-shuhn
noun
the act of throwing something or someone out of a window
1993Dan SimmonsChildren of the Night'How?' said O'Rourke. 'If this man is still alive after this . . . savagery, how would you kill one?' | Lucian smiled. 'Decapitation. Immolation. Evisceration. Multiple amputation. Even simple defenestration . . . if they fell far enough onto something hard enough.' The smile wavered. 'Or just deny them blood after their injuries, and they'll die. Not easily, but eventually.'1996Lois McMaster BujoldCordelia's HonorAlthough I suppose it was a step up in subtlety from Yuri Vorbarra's Defenestration of the Privy Council.1998Barbara KingsolverThe Poisonwood BibleRachel is clearly the one with locks on every possible route to defenestration.2002Amélie NothombFear and TremblingI was right in the middle of a mental defenestration when a new drama erupted

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