humane
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Synonyms
beneficent, benevolent, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, kind, kindhearted, kindly, softhearted, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, warmhearted
Antonyms
atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, brutal, brute, brutish, callous, cold-blooded, cruel, fiendish, hard-hearted, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, insensate, sadistic, savage, truculent, uncompassionate, unfeeling, unkind, unkindly, unsympathetic, vicious, wanton
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Wildlife officials encourage the removal or humane killing of the Burmese python to reduce its impact on the environment. — Fox News, "Massive 16-foot python with nest of 50 eggs removed from Florida Everglades," 9 July 2019 For Europeans opposed to such practices, finding a more humane solution might turn out to be even more difficult than for Democrats in the United States. — Rick Noack, Washington Post, "On migration, Europe can’t claim the moral high ground," 9 July 2019 Get our daily newsletter In New York, awareness of the high costs of incarceration has spurred demand for more humane spaces. — The Economist, "A jail in Denver offers some lessons for criminal-justice reformers," 28 June 2019 That is not really, by any standard, a humane response. — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, "Americans Can't Admit Concentration Camps Exist in the U.S. Because They're Shameless," 20 June 2019 To read it again has been to discover the humane beauty of the non-sci-fi parts, which make up most of the book. — Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, "What Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” Tells Us Now," 13 June 2019 The most frightening and humane worry is that Durant might never be the same again. — Robert O'connell, The Atlantic, "Kevin Durant’s Disastrous Comeback," 11 June 2019 Regardless, here are some natural and humane ways to keep rabbits out of your garden: Build a fence. — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, "How to Keep Rabbits Out of Your Garden," 30 Jan. 2019 The Senate bill, however, does not contain most of the strictures that House Democrats are demanding to ensure humane treatment of migrant children in U.S. custody. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "House approves $4.5-billion bill to aid migrant care crisis at the border," 26 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'humane.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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