defenestrating

verb

present participle of defenestrate
as in sacking

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defenestrating
  1. sacking
  2. removing
  3. axing
  4. retiring
  5. firing
  6. evicting
  7. terminating
  8. exiling
Verb
  • The museum replaced him with Sasha Suda, hiring her away from the National Gallery of Canada before sacking her following a disastrous rebrand and replacing her with Weiss, a former president of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 29 July 2026
  • But so far, the government has decided not to intervene by sacking him and has backpedalled, allowing Russia to participate.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 23 July 2026
Definition of sacking
Verb
  • Despite the use of search dogs and removing slabs of concrete, police came up empty.
    — Eileen Murphy, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The order prevents anyone from withholding or obstructing necessary treatment or removing, discharging, or transferring the child while the court considers the case.
    — Briseida Holguin, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of removing
Verb
  • In his July memo, Blume said the company is considering axing a further 50,000 roles globally and closing four factories in Germany.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • For the first time since temporarily axing the base model WRX for 2025, Subaru regained traction with its sport compact, with sales jumping 50% from a year ago.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 4 June 2026
Definition of axing
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  • That work is arguably getting harder as chief executives stay in the job longer, causing their possible successors to get restless; some are bolting to jobs elsewhere or retiring themselves.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Mogg is a former PGA Tour player, the world’s highest level of competitive golf, and since retiring has coached players on the PGA, LPGA, Champions and Korn Ferry Tours to more than 30 championships.
    — Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of retiring
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  • The team flew over around 1,700 square miles, firing rapid laser pulses at the ground.
    — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Davis himself isn’t accused of firing the gun but providing the weapon and helping orchestrate the crime.
    — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of firing
Verb
  • Now that same board is evicting Aust and nearly 100 other patients from the Silverado Beach Cities Memory Care Community.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • The ordinance would require landlords to provide a valid reason before evicting a tenant or declining to renew their lease.
    — Megan De Mar, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Definition of evicting
Verb
  • The high court’s 6-3 conservative-majority ruling curtailed lower courts’ ability to prevent the Department of Homeland Security from terminating TPS designations.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Kavanagh alleged that Sky retaliated by terminating her contract and marching her out of the building.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of terminating
Verb
  • The anti-Zionist project of ending Israel’s existence as a Jewish state implies killing, subjugating, or re-exiling more than half of the world’s Jewish population.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Ruthlessly exiling those players sent a clear message about the importance of squad harmony, but arguably handed the leverage in negotiations to buying clubs, driving down their prices and delaying their departures.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Definition of exiling
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