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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
defenestration
 
SYLLABICATION:de·fen·es·tra·tion
PRONUNCIATION:  d-fn-strshn
NOUN: An act of throwing someone or something out of a window.
ETYMOLOGY:From de– + Latin fenestra, window.
 
 
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