defenestration
Thrown through glass
Defenestration is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window.
The word appears most often in historical contexts—the Defenestration of Prague in 1618 helped spark the Thirty Years' War.
In contemporary use, it usually means a sudden, forceful removal from power or position: The CEO's defenestration shocked the board.
Propelling by arm motion
- windowGlass-fitted wall opening
- fallDescend under gravity
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- ousterForced removal from position
removal · jettison · tossing · hurling · plunge · drop · forcible · bodily
1618-1648 European religious conflict
- HabsburgsAustrian imperial dynasty
- 1618A calendar year
- Prague CastleCzech head-of-state residence
- Holy Roman EmpireMedieval Germanic political entity
Protestantism · Catholicism · Counter-Reformation · Matthias · Jesuits
Terminating employment
- dismissalRemoval from position
- oustingForcible removal from position
- removalAct of taking away
- sackingDismissal from employment
termination · discharge · booting · canning · axing · pink slip · layoff · corporate
Murder of a prominent figure
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
regime change · purge · power struggle · revolution · dissent · insurrection · revolt · resistance
Deliberate unlawful killing
- assaultViolent offensive act
- attackAggressive act against another
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- forceStrength or compulsion
harm · aggression · battery · homicide · manslaughter · killing · fatal · injury
Strikingly expressive or sudden
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- spectacularStrikingly impressive to behold
- sensationalArousing intense excitement
- startlingCausing sudden surprise
unexpected · sudden · extreme · drastic · radical · outrageous · scandalous · brazen
throwing
Propelling by arm motion
ouster · removal · jettison · tossing · hurling · plunge · drop · forcible · bodily · casting out
Thirty Years' War
1618-1648 European religious conflict
- HabsburgsAustrian imperial dynasty
- 1618A calendar year
- Prague CastleCzech head-of-state residence
Holy Roman Empire · Protestantism · Catholicism · Counter-Reformation · Matthias · Jesuits
firing
Terminating employment
sacking · termination · discharge · booting · canning · axing · pink slip · layoff · corporate · boardroom
assassination
Murder of a prominent figure
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
protest · regime change · purge · power struggle · revolution · dissent · insurrection · revolt · resistance · sedition
murder
Deliberate unlawful killing
force · harm · aggression · battery · homicide · manslaughter · killing · fatal · injury · blunt trauma
dramatic
Strikingly expressive or sudden
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- spectacularStrikingly impressive to behold
- sensationalArousing intense excitement
startling · unexpected · sudden · extreme · drastic · radical · outrageous · scandalous · brazen · audacious
- CzechoslovakiaPrague, Bratislava, Bohemia, Slovakia, Moravia
- expulsionsejection, ousting, expelling, forcing out, eviction
- PraguePrague Castle, astronomical clock, Jewish Quarter, National Theatre, tram system
- Bohemian HistoryBohemia, Prague, Hussite Wars, Wenceslas, war wagons
- CzechiaPrague, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Moravia
- executionsexecution, execution chamber, hanging, guillotine, executioner
defenestrationinstallation
Process of putting in
enthronement · inauguration · investiture · coronation · elevation
defenestrationbreaking and entering
Illegally forcing entry somewhere