Meaning of autodefenestration | Babel Free

Definitions

The act of hurling oneself from a window, especially lethally.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“She climbs out on a window ledge and threatens autodefenestration if the marriage isn't contracted, and is soon joined on the ledge by Jill.”

“Ipana, a leading practitioner of feline-autodefenestration, also helped, I think.”

“...Lindesay had the misfortune to fall out of a window, which elicited from the Times a memorable cable, which said simply: 'Cease autodefenestration.'”

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