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defenestrated

defenestrated is the simple past and past participle of defenestrate.

Meaning of defenestrate

Verb

defenestrate (third-person singular simple present defenestrates, present participle defenestrating, simple past and past participle defenestrated)

  1. (transitive) To eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window.
    • I defenestrated a clock to see if time flies!1998 September 25, Lane Smith, quoted in "TFK Q&A: Lane Smith and Jon Scieszka", in Time for Kids
  2. (transitive) To throw out; to remove or dismiss (someone) from a position of power or authority.
    • The cultural historians of science 'feel the need to defenestrate science, or at least take it off its pedestal' (Pumfrey. Rossi & Slawinski 1991. p. 3).1998, Barry J. Fraser, Kenneth George Tobin, International Handbook of Science Education, volume 2
  3. (humorous, slang, transitive) To remove a Windows operating system from (a computer).
    • This posting was written on a Windows 95 PC,
      Defenestrate it immediately. Install Linux. :-)1998 December 17, Darren Salt <news@youmustbejoking.demon.com.uk>, "Re: Coding speccy games in the good 'ole days", message-ID <48B60EA729%news@youmustbejoking.demon.com.uk>, comp.sys.sinclair...

Questions about defenestrated

What is defenestrated the simple past and past participle of?
Defenestrated is the simple past and past participle of defenestrate.

Words near defenestrated in the dictionary

  1. defendours
  2. defendress
  3. defendresses
  4. defends
  5. defenestrate
  6. defenestrated
  7. defenestrates
  8. defenestrating
  9. defenestration
  10. defenestrations
  11. defenestrator

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