Definition of Euthanize

1. Verb. (transitive) To submit (a person or animal) to euthanasia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Euthanize

1. [v -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Euthanize

euthanatize
euthanatized
euthanatizes
euthanatizing
euthanaze
euthanazed
euthanazing
euthanisation
euthanisations
euthanise
euthanised
euthanises
euthanising
euthanization
euthanizations
euthanize (current term)
euthanized
euthanizes
euthanizing
eutheism
euthenasia
euthenics
euthenist
euthenists
eutherapeutic
eutherian
eutherian mammal
eutherians
euthermic
euthiochroic

Literary usage of Euthanize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Animal Euthanasia: Bibliography, January 1990-November 1997 edited by Michael D. Kreger (1999)
"Since animals exhibited a minimum of suffering, it is concluded that the method described in this paper is appropriated to euthanize adult dogs. 100. ..."

2. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1996-1997 by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Some States require certification of caretakers who euthanize animals. Training may be through a veterinarian or a State Humane Society. ..."

3. Death by Default: A Policy of Fatal Neglect in China's State Orphanages by Robin Munro (1996)
"... as somehow leading such utterly empty and meaningless lives that it would be doing them a favor to euthanize them. There is an inescapable problem, ..."

4. Inventing a Classroom: Life in a Bilingual, Whole Language Learning Community by Kathryn F. Whitmore, Caryl G. Crowell (1994)
"It describes how zoo keepers in Tokyo had to euthanize the potentially dangerous zoo animals when the Allies began bombing the city. ..."

5. The Cancer Problem by William Seaman Bainbridge (1914)
"Her suffering became so intense that Dr. IA Stoloff was called in by the family with the request that he euthanize her. He called me in consultation, ..."

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