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Swethaamar Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Defenestration

Hi,

The meaning for this word Defenestrate is "throwing of a person or thing out of a window"

I would like to know in what context can we use this and it would be nice of someone could give me an example.

Thanks

  

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defenestrated a clock to see if time flies! She starts to throw his possessions out of the window. He's finally moved to stop her when she tries to defenestrate his new television.

  • defenestrated a clock to see if time flies!
  • She starts to throw his possessions out of the window.
  • He's finally moved to stop her when she tries to defenestrate his new television.
  • Defenestration is one way to escape a house fire.
  • More recently, the term 'defenestration' has been used for the act of removing Microsoft Windows from a PC to replace it with an alternative operating system such as Linux.
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defenestrated a clock to see if time flies!

She starts to throw his possessions out of the window. He's finally moved to stop her when she tries to defenestrate his new television.

Defenestration is one way to escape a house fire.

More recently, the term 'defenestration' has been used for the act of removing Microsoft Windows from a PC to replace it with an alternat

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