Defenestration

/diːˌfɛnɪˈstreɪʃən/ noun

The act of throwing someone or something out of a window.

From Latin 'de-' (out of) + 'fenestra' (window). Created because in Prague in 1618, angry Protestants threw Catholic officials out of a castle window, starting the Thirty Years' War.

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