euthanizing

variants also euthanatizing
present participle of euthanize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for euthanizing
Verb
  • Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk at a Utah college campus earlier this month, returned to court Monday, sort of.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
  • First, in December, Luigi Mangione became an internet icon after allegedly assassinating the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare in New York City.
    Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While executing the search warrant, 34 dogs − mostly Chinese Crested but including a mix of breeds and ages − were found confined to a single room.
    Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The Celtics have been one of the best executing teams for years.
    Jay King, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When used in combination, mifepristone and misoprostol are nearly 97% effective at terminating a pregnancy, according to a 2015 systematic review from the University of California, Davis.
    Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Trump has notably refrained from terminating Fed Chair Jerome Powell despite months of musings.
    Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Some discussed potential restrictions included the ban of roosters, the ban of slaughtering chickens and requirements around upkeep.
    R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
  • These small banks are slaughtering the low expectations the market set for them.
    Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Students at a school district in Kentucky are putting down their phones and cracking books at a record pace now that devices are banned during class, district officials said.
    Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • There’s hard, mundane work outside of putting down the bottle and putting down the pipe.
    Joe Lynch, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The session proceeded without a live video-feed of the 22-year-old defendant charged with murdering the conservative influencer at a Utah college campus on September 10, alongside counts of felony discharge of a firearm, obstruction, and witness tampering.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Then, in 2024, Gates and Richard James Romano were both charged with murdering Alliauna Green, a rising Oakland rapper who used the stage name Tan DaGod.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Euthanizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/euthanizing. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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