See defenestration in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "act of throwing out a window",
"word": "defenestrasyon"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "defenestrácija",
"sense": "act of throwing out a window",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дефенестра́ція"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "act of throwing out a window",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diffenestriad"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "high-profile removal of a person from an organization",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Entlassung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "high-profile removal of a person from an organization",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Absetzung"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Holy Roman Emperor",
"Johann Philipp Abelin",
"Theatrum Europaeum"
],
"word": "defenestration"
}
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