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defenestrates

verb

present tense third-person singular of defenestrate
as in shuts out

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  1. shuts out
  2. cans
  3. axes
  4. removes
  5. pink-slips
  6. sacks
  7. retires
  8. terminates
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  • The birthplace criterion also shuts out key figures of the Harlem Renaissance — including Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes and Louis Armstrong — who were born in the American South and moved to New York as part of the Great Migration.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
  • Northgate edges Case Grande in baseball semifinal, shuts out Salesian to advance to softball final.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
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  • Continue reading … PEWS AND POLITICS — Church cans patriotic staple on Biden’s posh vacation enclave — pastor says tradition ‘doesn’t cut it’.
    — , FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
Definition of cans
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  • In a shocker, Microsoft is tapping Call of Duty publisher Activision to build the next Halo game as Redmond axes more jobs at its first-party studios.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Continue reading … BADGE DRAIN — Seattle axes $50K police bonuses while sitting hundreds of officers short.
    — , FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of axes
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  • That distinction removes a major uncertainty surrounding the material.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Pre-toning with a purple toner removes yellow shades, which prepares the hair to accept the silver dye.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 25 Sep. 2026
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  • Pixar cuts are numbered to be in the high single percentile of its 1,100 staff, which translates to around or under 100 pink-slips.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 July 2026
Definition of pink-slips
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  • Cale Britt sacks the quarterback and Bishop Moore will take over on downs at their own 42.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Manning, back for what is probably his final season, is on the short list of best returning quarterbacks in the country and edge rusher Colin Simmons won the SEC sacks title with 12.
    — Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 3 Jan. 2026
Definition of sacks
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  • SpaceX already retires aging Starlink satellites by burning them up in the Earth’s atmosphere.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026
  • New products, markets, channels and customer exceptions can accumulate faster than your organization retires old ones.
    — Basant Singh, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of retires
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  • The order will be effective for seven days unless the mayor terminates it earlier.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2026
  • With the Bridge program scheduled to expire at the end of 2027, a question looms regarding what will happen when the initiative terminates.
    — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of terminates
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“Defenestrates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defenestrates. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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