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
  • In March, the FBI raided the facility, leading the agency to sack its current warden after less than three months on the job.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Williams drove the Bears into Lions territory in a bid to set up a field goal which would’ve sent the game to overtime, but the 2024 No. 1 overall pick was sacked on second-and-20 from the 35-yard line.
    Ben Morse, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of sack
Verb
  • Lance Bass has revealed that he was once attached to an unnamed CW sitcom that was axed due to his sexuality.
    EW.com, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Lance Bass claims he once was attached to a CW pilot that was axed due to him coming out as gay in a 2006 PEOPLE cover story.
    Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of ax
Verb
  • For instance, Twitter has historically removed millions of fake accounts in costly purges.
    Brian Greenberg, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • By law, the process of—formally removing a rule from the books—follows the same rules as issuing a new rule.
    Lisa Gilbert and Robert Weissman, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of remove
Verb
  • The two soon-to-be senators both handily won their elections last month, replacing retiring Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.).
    Al Weaver, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
  • While Pugh has not officially retired, the former 12-year NFL veteran has found a new calling as a content creator.
    DJ Siddiqi, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of retire
Verb
  • As the sun and Chiron harmonize, fears of being ostracized or abandoned are faced and resolved.
    USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Rudolph is ostracized by other reindeer because he was born with a shiny, glowing red nose.
    John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of ostracize
Verb
  • Trump has threatened revenge against our state, and pledged to be a dictator and terminate the Constitution.
    Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
  • He was allowed to resign, rather than be terminated.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of terminate
Verb
  • But the film’s poisonous reviews and disastrous box office all but torpedoed her Oscar hopes this year, and the film was shut out in Monday’s Globe nominations.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
  • North Carolina, a 21-time NCAA champion, is shut out for the second time this season.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of shut out
Verb
  • And what about the thousands of Native Californians who were dispossessed—of their lives as well as the land—but never offered reparations?
    Michelle Weber, Longreads, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Everton’s goalkeeper took a heavy first touch, and Son dispossessed him and tapped the ball into an empty net.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024
Definition of dispossess
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