Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To subject to euthanasia.
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- verb transitive To submit (a person or animal) to
euthanasia .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The decision to euthanize is always dispiriting and sometimes heart-wrenching.
Mike Stark: 'No Kill' or Torture? Nathan Winograd and His Animal Sheltering Movement Mike Stark 2010
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The decision to euthanize is always dispiriting and sometimes heart-wrenching.
Mike Stark: 'No Kill' or Torture? Nathan Winograd and His Animal Sheltering Movement Mike Stark 2010
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There was a big stink on whether to release one outside city limits or to kill it (they used the politically correct term "euthanize").
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There was a big stink on whether to release one outside city limits or to kill it (they used the politically correct term "euthanize").
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I think it unconscionable that the Right is purposefully misleading people -- including scaring seniors into believing that Obama and the Democrats in Congress want to "euthanize" them!
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Are there people here who get exercised about the difference between the words "euthanize" and "euthanatize"?
Socks died. Ann Althouse 2009
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In fact, on more than one occasion, I've heard "euthanize" as a pejorative substitution from the anti-assisted-suicide side of the argument.
Far Out Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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Then we "euthanize" them, to show how humane we are.
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Athletes are paid ridiculous sums to play games while we will "euthanize" the old and the sick because they are an economic drag on society.
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The eugenics aspect is the usual – segregate and/or 'euthanize' GLBT individuals – unless the 'right color' gays go ahead and toe the reproductive line.
A Curiosity 2005
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