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defenestration

Meaning

The act or instance of expelling an individual from an aperture in a building designed for ingress and egress or ventilation.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

The angry mob surged, fueled by rage. With a final push, they committed the terrible act of defenestration, shoving the terrified official out the window. He was expelled from the opening designed for air, a violent expulsion from the building.

The wizard, furious at his apprentice's spilled potion, decided on extreme discipline. With a growl, he grabbed the boy and, with surprising strength, hurled him out the large, open window. This forceful defenestration sent the apprentice tumbling into the garden below, a very public and painful lesson.

The angry mob surged, shouting for justice. With a final, desperate shove, they enacted a swift defenestration, sending their despised leader plummeting from the town hall window. The crack of impact echoed the crowd’s grim satisfaction.

Barnaby, quite grumpy after his tea, decided the best way to express his displeasure was a swift defenestration of his bothersome neighbor. With a mighty shove, he sent the fellow sailing from the kitchen window, a rather dramatic exit from a perfectly good opening for fresh air.

Barnaby, a rogue squirrel with a taste for fine cheese, found himself on the wrong side of a window. His attempt to pilfer a cheddar wheel led to a rather swift defenestration, a dramatic expulsion from the kitchen aperture, landing him with a surprised squeak among the petunias.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

He watched in horror as the guards dragged the prisoner towards the window. A struggle, a shout, and then the sickening crunch of the defenestration echoed through the courtyard.

The disgruntled artisan, his latest masterpiece rejected by the guild, screamed in frustration before the unexpected defenestration. He tumbled out the workshop's high window, the opening meant for light and air now a violent exit from his life's work.

The old clockmaker's frustration boiled over. After weeks of the neighbor's incessant, off-key tuba practice, he'd finally had enough. With a roar, he dragged the offending musician onto the balcony, a sudden, forceful defenestration sending him tumbling into the bewildered pigeon flock below.

Barnaby, attempting a daring rooftop escape, found himself abruptly enjoying an unscheduled defenestration from the local bakery's ventilation shaft, landing square in a pile of freshly frosted éclairs. His surprised "oof!" was muffled by cream and sprinkles.

Barnaby, mid-argument about the merits of artisanal pickle brine, found himself in an unexpected defenestration. His landlord, a man deeply unimpressed by Barnaby's dramatic pronouncements, had simply opened the second-story window and, with a surprising lack of effort, facilitated the expulsion.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

The guards shoved the prisoner towards the open window, a desperate attempt to silence him. With a final heave, they completed the defenestration, his cry swallowed by the wind as he plummeted towards the courtyard below.

The angry proprietor, his face contorted with fury, grabbed the disruptive peddler and shoved him forcefully out the shop's front door. This sudden defenestration, a violent expulsion through the building's opening, left the man sprawled on the cobblestones, stunned and disoriented.

The enraged mob, their faces contorted with fury, dragged the unpopular tax collector towards the gaping window. With a final, desperate plea, he met his doom, a violent defenestration through the aperture meant for air and entry.

Bartholomew, a man whose culinary experiments usually resulted in mild detonations, found himself at the wrong end of a particularly ambitious soufflé. His ill-advised attempt to *defenestration* the lopsided confection through the pantry window proved ineffective; it simply splattered, coating the astonished postman in a delicate meringue.

Bartholomew, a particularly cantankerous badger, deemed the annual competitive jam-making contest an affront to his very being. With a roar of indignation, he initiated a swift defenestration of the head judge from the upper story window of the village hall, scattering raspberry preserves like shrapnel.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

The furious duke, his face apoplectic, vowed a grim retribution. He would not tolerate such insolence from the perfidious advisor. A swift expulsion from the parapet, a violent defenestration, would serve as a potent, unforgettable lesson.

The despot's reign concluded with a swift defenestration from the palace's highest parapet, a violent expulsion through the ancient window, a stark testament to his populace's profound disillusionment.

The magistrate, his face a mask of impotent fury, surveyed the chasm where the rebellious archivist had once stood. A collective gasp rippled through the assembled courtiers, witnessing the stark finality of his ignominious defenestration from the council chamber's highest window.

Professor Quibble, prone to preposterous pronouncements, found himself the involuntary subject of a rather precipitous defenestration, hurled from the belfry window. His subsequent descent, marked by a cacophony of astonished squawks from startled pigeons, provided ample, albeit ephemeral, amusement for the gathered throng below.

The exasperated pontiff, having endured interminable pronouncements on artisanal kumquat cultivation, enacted a swift defenestration of the visiting horticulturalist through the narthex window. Such an egress was unequivocally the most expedient, if unorthodox, solution to the verbose dissertation.

Difficulty

Challenging — Rare, high-register words for serious word lovers.

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