defenestrate

verb

Definition of defenestratenext
as in to sack

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defenestrate
  1. sack
  2. ax
  3. remove
  4. retire
  5. ostracize
  6. terminate
  7. shut out
  8. dispossess
Verb
  • The Rams sacked him seven times in their overtime win last Sunday.
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The Titans’ best chance to score was snuffed out near the end of the first half when Mountain View’s Kaitlyn Liddle roared in to sack sophomore quarterback Kelsey Peterson.
    Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of sack
Verb
  • Soon after, Top Gear was axed by the BBC after over four decades on television.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Payne was axed from the show but, undaunted, returned to audition again two years later.
    August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of ax
Verb
  • Next week: Mesa Ridge at Montrose, TBA No. 3 Pueblo West beat No. 19 Golden, 49-7: Two weeks removed from their first loss of the season, the Cyclones ended a streak of three straight Round of 16 exits with a rout of Golden.
    Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
  • If the credit is removed, the EV transition will likely be hit hard, as prices on numerous models will effectively increase.
    William Gavin, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of remove
Verb
  • The filing also details a debt repurchase program, with the company retiring $31,100,000 in principal of its senior notes during the quarter.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Just like the Apple Magic Mouse and Magic Keyboard, the Apple Magic Trackpad is receiving a minor update this year, with Apple finally retiring the Lightning port and replacing it with a USB-C port.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of retire
Verb
  • This inflammatory rhetoric has alienated many in the District who use their Muslim faith to inform their voting, ostracized by one of their own.
    Suha Musa, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Blas can see through the veil because those dismissive, racist remnants still exist: the shaming, the way he’s ostracized, the way he’s dismissed and ignored.
    Samantha Dunn, Orange County Register, 10 Sep. 2024
Definition of ostracize
Verb
  • However, on Monday, Judge James W. Anderson rejected the bid to terminate DeLao's parental rights, the outlets reported.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • This is akin to the bar in the California labor code on an employer threatening to terminate an employee for following or refusing to follow a particular course of political action or political activity.
    Dan Eaton, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of terminate
Verb
  • While programs such as the Works Progress Administration provided a crucial source of employment, most Black workers remained largely shut out of the Social Security system and unprotected by wage and hour regulations.
    Ben Zdencanovic, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Forgotten about this Series, and just as damaging to the Dodgers as Owen’s blunder: Freddie Fitzsimmons was sailing along in Game 3, shutting out the Yankees, when the final out of the seventh — a line drive by Marius Russo — bounced off Fitzsimmons’ leg, breaking his kneecap.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of shut out
Verb
  • If the far right wins out, as currently seems likely, Israel will continue to dispossess Palestinians from large swaths of the West Bank and build more settlements, pushing forward with the piecemeal annexation that Smotrich has spearheaded.
    Mairav Zonszein, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The Gaels slaughtered them and drove them from their homes, dispossessing them of their lands just as the British would eventually dispossess the Gaels.
    Saki Knafo, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2024
Definition of dispossess
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