Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for defenestrated
Verb
-
On the fumble, he was sacked for a loss of 14 yards in a crucial third-and-10 situation late in the first half.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
9 Nov. 2025 -
In the February, he was sacked, and this time Perez said yes to the top job at Vallecas.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
-
Ferguson had served as director since 2019, according to her bio on the school’s website, which has since been removed.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
-
The danger is greatest for those with final deportation orders, as they can be removed immediately once their temporary status expires.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
-
Twelve schools have already axed their coaches before Halloween, the most in the last decade.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
-
The quesos were not the only popular items that Chili's axed from its menu.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
So if the Bucs’ Todd Bowles or the Dolphins’ Mike McDaniel get canned, look out.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
-
Swap in black-eyed peas and canned collard greens for a New Year's Day soup.—
Erin Merhar,
Southern Living,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
-
Owens and her parents, KGO 810 radio legend Ronn Owens and former KCBS reporter Jan Black, moved to Arizona during the coronavirus pandemic, after Ronn Owens retired from KGO-810 after 46 years.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
-
Christy officially retired from professional boxing in 2012.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
-
The film is set in 1935 Tartu and at the University of Tartu, where, a year earlier, Professor Lazar Gulkowitsch, exiled from Germany, had established a chair of Judaic Studies within the Faculty of Philosophy.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Nov. 2025
-
Krasinski also has the least interesting yet very successful Hollywood career imaginable, but that doesn’t mean he should be exiled or worse.—
Choire Sicha,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
-
Mickey Rourke says fans who donated to a GoFundMe to keep him from getting evicted should get their money back.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2026
-
According to a new report from The Daily Mail, Andrew—who has lived at the 30-bedroom mansion on the Windsor estate since 2003 and who was evicted from it in October of last year—will finally vacate the property by Easter, which falls on April 5 this year.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
5 Jan. 2026
Verb
-
James Byrne was mustered out of the Army in 1866.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Dec. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Defenestrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defenestrated. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share