The act of throwing someone out of a window. It was repurposed for discussion among intellectual circles to refer to cases in history in which a leader or influential individual was forcefully deposed from power and replaced by the person who deposed them. Originally repurposed due to the creation of the French First Republic, when many Jacobin loyalists (radical anti-monarchists) threw sympathisers of constitutional monarchy (moderate revolutionary) out of windows to fill their representative seats with other Jacobin loyalists.
"What happened to Omar al Bashir?"
"Oh, the military got rid of him in an act of defenestration"
The act of throwing someone out of a window, otherwise know as every 9th grade English teacher's favorite word. They will often give a demonstration on how it works on the student who doesn't understand after a week.
Student 1: Did you see what happened to Jack?
Student 2:Did the crazy English teacher have to demonstrate defenestration again?
Student 1: Yeah...how did you know?
Student 2: I've experienced the pain of being thrown out of that second story window.
The action of throwing someone out of a window; the action of dismissing someone from a position of power or authority. It’s Latin and is devised by putting “de-” (down from) with “fenestra” (window).
"hey dom!"
"yeah whats up!"
"can you come up to the window please?!"
"sure, what do you n.... AGHHH WTF ARE YOU DOING?!?!?"
"IM DOING *DEFENESTRATION* NOW GET THE FUCK OUT THE BLOODY WINDOW!!!!"
"WHAT THE FUUUUUUUuuuuuuuu...... *splat*"