defenestrating

verb

present participle of defenestrate
as in sacking

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defenestrating
  1. sacking
  2. removing
  3. axing
  4. retiring
  5. firing
  6. evicting
  7. terminating
  8. exiling
Verb
  • The underlying data shows the Chiefs should be sacking the quarterback at a higher rate already, albeit still not near an elite rate.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Sayin’s injury came after Hoosiers defender Mario Landino hit his throwing shoulder while sacking him.
    — Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of sacking
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  • Hoffenheim's Andrej Kramaric scored the club's 1,000th Bundesliga goal, and Alexander Prass was sent off after removing his shirt to celebrate his goal while already booked.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The takeaway here is that removing debris from orbit requires careful planning.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of removing
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  • The airline had previously offered service from San Antonio to Toronto before axing it in 2019.
    — Richard Webner, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Netflix is laying off around 1,000 employees, around 6% of its workforce, in what marks the company’s largest axing to date.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of axing
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  • The couple made the first of what would be many toasts over dinner beneath chandeliers and amid floral arrangements by Noah’s mom, Wendy, before retiring to twin beds ahead of the wedding proper.
    — Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Roth, who’s credited with modernizing the sheriff’s office, went on to serve another 18 years before retiring in 2009.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of retiring
Verb
  • Although Chen Mechan is accused of firing on the Salvadoran’s vehicles, sources said its heavily armed men received backup from Joseph’s 400 Mawozo, which controls the neighboring territory.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Ballard is gone, so if the current trend continues firing Steichen is the next logical move.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of firing
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  • One of the attractions of self-storage as a business is that evicting stuff is easier than evicting people.
    — David Owen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • In 1968 Britain considered evicting the family by force, with declassified documents showing a plan to raze the fort.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of evicting
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  • The producers sought sanctions ranging from dismissal of Wilson’s claims, known as terminating sanctions, to $474,026 in financial penalties.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Until the county develops tighter restrictions over who can use the technology and why, Briones said her precinct will be terminating its contract with Flock.
    — John Lomax V, Houston Chronicle, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of terminating
Verb
  • The government was executing and exiling Black citizens; some had escaped slavery.
    — Claire Galofaro, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The anti-Zionist project of ending Israel’s existence as a Jewish state implies killing, subjugating, or re-exiling more than half of the world’s Jewish population.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of exiling
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