bring down vs defenestrate

bring down

verb
  • To make a ruler lose their position of power. 

  • To cause to fall down, e.g. in an accident. 

  • To reduce. 

  • To make something, especially something flying, fall to the ground, usually by firing a weapon of some kind. 

  • To make someone feel bad emotionally. 

  • To cause an opponent to fall after a tackle. 

  • To humble. 

defenestrate

verb
  • To throw out; to remove or dismiss (someone) from a position of power or authority. 

  • To eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window. 

  • To remove a Windows operating system from a computer. 

How often have the words bring down and defenestrate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )