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Definition of Defenestrated
1. defenestrate [v] - See also: defenestrate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defenestrated
Literary usage of Defenestrated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"I am amazed that they have not defenestrated him —Howard 1980 Our evidence
indicates that usage of this back-formation is on the increase, but it is still ..."
2. The Bibliographer by Paul Leicester Ford (1902)
"... below as Chancellor of the Bohemian kingdom, is that Count Slavata who ten
years before, at the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War, was " defenestrated ..."
3. Around the Clock in Europe: A Travel-sequence by Charles Fish Howell (1912)
"... on the edge of an adjacent steep hill, from the windows of whose Kanzlei Zimmer
the Imperial Councillors were "defenestrated" and the Thirty Years' War, ..."
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