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present participle of defenestrate
Synonyms & Antonyms of defenestrating
as in pink-slipping, terminating
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for defenestrating
- axing,
- canning,
- cashiering,
- discharging,
- firing,
- mustering out,
- pink-slipping,
- releasing,
- removing,
- retiring,
- sacking,
- terminating
- deforcing,
- deporting,
- displacing,
- dispossessing,
- evicting,
- exiling,
- expatriating,
- ostracizing,
- reading out,
- shutting out
- banishing,
- booting (out),
- bouncing,
- casting out,
- chasing,
- dismissing,
- drumming (out),
- ejecting,
- expelling,
- extruding,
- kicking out,
- ousting,
- outing,
- routing,
- running off,
- throwing out,
- turfing (out)
- [chiefly British],
- turning out
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for defenestrating
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“Defenestrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defenestrating. Accessed 22 May. 2022.
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