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defenestrate

verb

as in to sack

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defenestrate
  1. sack
  2. pink-slip
  3. ax
  4. remove
  5. retire
  6. ostracize
  7. terminate
  8. shut out
Verb
  • One play after Houser was sacked for the first time this season, Laughery ran 77 yards down the Illinois sideline for a TD that put the Illini ahead for good at 14-7 late in the first quarter.
    — Steve Stein, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Since 2020, when Herbert entered the league, no other quarterback has been sacked more times (228).
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of sack
Verb
  • Then, adding to it all, there’s the $80 billion in debt a ParaBros combo would carry — and the pink-slipping expected.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The company is pink-slipping 15% of its staff, according to a source with knowledge of the cuts.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
Definition of pink-slip
Verb
  • Continue reading … BADGE DRAIN — Seattle axes $50K police bonuses while sitting hundreds of officers short.
    — , FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Sony Pictures Television, which produces the long-running gameshow, has axed Thornton after an alleged incident on an American Airlines flight in May.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of ax
Verb
  • The reactor would produce substantial heat that engineers must remove from the vehicle.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
  • For instance, Microsoft has committed not to use sensitive data that many companies leverage, such as information about gender, race, age, ZIP code that can be used to identify a person even if their name is removed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of remove
Verb
  • Dillard taught for more than 20 years at Wesleyan University before retiring in 2002.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • But Oprah Winfrey just shopped among others, recalls Eddie’s grandson, Mitchell, who worked at the store for 30 years and is now retired in Wellington.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of retire
Verb
  • After opening up about his gender identity and sexuality to another youth at a group home in rural Oregon, Rin quickly regretted it, feeling ostracized from the other youth by his caregivers and misunderstood.
    — Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Interracial families were ostracized, and mixed-race children were excluded from the Baptist mission schools.
    — H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of ostracize
Verb
  • Mayor Castillo told the Sun Sentinel on Friday that any financial implications for residents and whether the city will terminate its current contracts remain unclear.
    — Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The nursing board, though, does not have the power to close nursing schools, only the ability to terminate specific programs.
    — Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of terminate
Verb
  • Meta supposedly favors Chinese resellers, because, without them, Meta would be shut out from billions in profits from the lucrative Chinese ad market, since its platforms are banned there.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Sofia has strong feelings about the ultra-rich looking out for themselves as the world teeters toward disaster, shutting out everyone else.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of shut out
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“Defenestrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defenestrate. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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