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defenestration / dee-fen-uh-strey-shuhn / noun: 1. the act of throwing a thing or esp. a person out of a window
Notes & Etymology: From the Latin fenestra meaning window. A word invented for one incident: the "Defenestration of Prague," May 21, 1618, when two Catholic deputies to the Bohemian national assembly and a secretary were tossed out the window (into a moat) of the castle of Hradshin by Protestant radicals. It marked the start of the Thirty Years War.
Usage: “De Haven's work on survival in defenestrations was instrumental in the development of the seat belt. ."
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