defenestrate
Throw through glass
To defenestrate is to throw someone or something out of a window.
The word is famously associated with the Defenestrations of Prague, where political opponents were hurled from castle windows.
Modern use is often humorous or hyperbolic: I wanted to defenestrate my laptop after it crashed again.
The noun is defenestration.
Remove from position
- deposeRemove from authority
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- removeTake something away
- unseatRemove from position
dethrone · purge · coup · revolt · uprising · rebellion · revolution · insurrection
Combustion with flames
oust · downsize · restructure · layoff · boot · can · redundancy · severance
Czech Republic's chief city
- BohemiaCentral European historical region
- 1618A calendar year
- ProtestantPost-schism Western Christian
- CatholicPapal church adherent
Habsburgs · nobility · councillors · regents
window
Glass-fitted wall opening
eject · fling · shatter · glass · drop · plunge · fall · splatter · crash · pane
oust
Remove from position
unseat · dethrone · purge · coup · revolt · uprising · rebellion · revolution · insurrection · expel
fire
Combustion with flames
sack · oust · downsize · restructure · layoff · boot · can · redundancy · severance
Prague
Czech Republic's chief city
- BohemiaCentral European historical region
- 1618A calendar year
- ProtestantPost-schism Western Christian
Catholic · Habsburgs · nobility · councillors · regents
spectacle
Visually striking event
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- shockingCausing intense surprise
- violentInvolving physical force
sudden · drastic · extreme · sensational · climactic · fateful · brazen · audacious · memorable · grotesque
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
defenestration, defenestrations, defenestrated, defenestrates, defenestrating