Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for defenestrated
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The pieces were on loan from a Bucharest museum, whose head was promptly sacked for lending the works out in the first place.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026 -
The town was sacked and burned by the Portuguese in 1531.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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The previous bill would have also instituted a $35 co-pay for hospital inpatient stays, which has been removed in the committee substitution.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Apr. 2026
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Vulnerable, voiceless elders in Miami-Dade who are removed from their homes for their own good will likely wind up in the hands of an Adult Protective Services supervisor promoted to a position of unparalleled power despite the objections of family members and whistleblowing colleagues.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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But this project was bedeviled with budget trouble, and axed before anyone got to see it.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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OpenAI also axed its controversial plans to release an erotic companion.—
Julia Black,
Vanity Fair,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Dallas canned Pete DeBoer last June after three straight losses in the conference finals and a 149-68-29 record during the regular season.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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Tatum assisted on his team’s first three second-half makes, then canned his fourth triple of the game.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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In 2001, the couple, who did not have children, retired to Miami in search of warmer beaches.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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The vast majority of Fuller voters were white, older and retired, and were not spending much of their time driving in their day-to-day lives.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Dillon said the tortoise was still roaming the grounds of the governor's residence on the island best known as the place Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to following his defeat by the British at Waterloo in 1815.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The last ruler of the empire, Bahadur Shah II, was deposed by the British colonial powers and exiled to Rangoon, Burma (present-day Yangon, Myanmar), after his involvement in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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His older brother, King Charles, stripped him of his titles and evicted him from Royal Lodge after all.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
31 Mar. 2026
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Social workers estimated that nearly 100,000 Parisian Jews had been evicted from their apartments during the war.—
Shannon Fogg,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2026
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James Byrne was mustered out of the Army in 1866.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Dec. 2025
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“Defenestrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defenestrated. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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