defenestration
noun
[ ˌdiːfɛnɪˈstreɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of throwing someone out of a window.
• "death by defenestration has a venerable history"
• the action or process of dismissing someone from a position of power or authority.
• "that victory resulted in Churchill's own defenestration by the war-weary British electorate"
Origin:
early 17th century: from modern Latin defenestratio(n- ), from de- ‘down from’ + Latin fenestra ‘window’.
