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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defenestrated
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Bellamy, 46, is poised to take his first full-time job in club management, replacing Scott Parker who was sacked in April following Burnley’s relegation from the Premier League.
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Greek coach Georgios Donis was appointed just two months ago after Saudi Arabia sacked former coach Hervé Renard.
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His father's tombstone usually has the American flag, Irish flag and a military flag flanking either side, but those appeared to be removed on Monday.
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Despite initially playing through the pain, Arraez was removed from the game before the top of the fifth inning.
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Now, federal incentives have been axed and the new automaker has had to pivot.
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Since September of 2024, federal science agencies in the US have axed nearly 120,000 employees, in a stinging loss for public research.
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How to Eat Lentils are available dried or pre-cooked and canned, which is a convenient option for last-minute meals.
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Griffin scheduled a regular Friday-afternoon meeting with an underperforming executive, who never knew if the meeting would last fifteen minutes or four hours; after three months or so of this humiliation, he was canned.
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Ashcraft eventually settled in and retired the last 10 batters.
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Opener Casey Legumina retired the first four batters before Ian Seymour (4-1) took over in the second inning.
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Nearby sits a family of Chaldean Christians exiled from Iraq—an anxious archeologist, his pregnant radiologist wife, and his imperious mother, who bought a bulletproof Maybach to transport her daughter-in-law to the hospital for the delivery.
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Additionally, religious community leaders were imprisoned or exiled.
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The fan was quickly approached and evicted.
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Failure to abide by this condition could mean losing your security deposit, or even being evicted.
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James Byrne was mustered out of the Army in 1866.
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“Defenestrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defenestrated. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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