defenestrate
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de·fen·es·trate
(dē-fĕn'ĭ-strāt') 
tr.v., -trat·ed, -trat·ing, -trates.
To throw out of a window.
tr.v., -trat·ed, -trat·ing, -trates.
To throw out of a window.
[Back-formation from DEFENESTRATION.]
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defenestrate
To remove Windows from a computer. It comes from "defenestration," which means to toss out of a window.
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