defenestration

Meaning

Noun

• The act of throwing something or someone out of a window.
• The high-profile removal of a person from an organization.
• The act of removing the Microsoft Windows operating system from a computer in order to install an alternative one.

Origin

• From New Latin defenestratio, from dē + fenestra + -atio; compare Middle French défenestrer (modern French défenestrer), défenestration, German Fenstersturz. The verb defenestrate was formed later.