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[-] overzeetop@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

If your airplane suffers sudden decompression and you get sucked out a window, would it technically be a defenestration?

[-] Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

Maybe but might be a stretch. Defenestration refers to the act of throwing someone/something out of a window. We have to consider the pressure "throwing" instead of sucking you out, which might be acceptable since the pressure inside the plane is greater and ends up pushing you out of the window in it's escape. From the perspective that you're sucked out of the window, it doesn't seem like the definition would apply.

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

This guy defenestrates.

this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2023
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