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also euthanatize
as in to assassinate
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Recent Examples of euthanize
Thirty beluga whales are still alive days after a Canadian marine park threatened to euthanize them if the government did not provide immediate emergency funding, according to local reports.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
The group wants to safely move them into caring homes instead of a shelter that may have to euthanize them.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
But sadly, that isn’t always the case, and one of the most difficult aspects of her work is having to euthanize pets.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
While Miami-Dade used to euthanize dogs and cats to make room for new stray animals, that practice ended more than a decade ago.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
The group wants to safely move them into caring homes instead of a shelter that may have to euthanize them.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
But sadly, that isn’t always the case, and one of the most difficult aspects of her work is having to euthanize pets.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
While Miami-Dade used to euthanize dogs and cats to make room for new stray animals, that practice ended more than a decade ago.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for euthanize
Verb
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Trump was close to Abe, who was assassinated after leaving office.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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After he was assassinated in September at Utah Valley University, the first stop on his tour, TPUSA announced Carlson would speak at IU instead.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
22 Oct. 2025
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Mamdani will face high expectations and even higher barriers to executing an agenda that includes enormous bureaucratic, political, and logistic hurdles.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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To the credit of general manager Joe Hortiz and coach Jim Harbaugh, the Chargers identified a piece and executed a deal ahead of Tuesday’s trade deadline despite limiting factors.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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His head was blown off by Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven, and Sharon Stone terminated him in a gunfight with a shot to the eye in The Quick and the Dead.—
Joy Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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One exception is if a company is downsizing and chooses to only terminate employees who have all recently or currently taken FMLA.—
Tamia Fowlkes,
jsonline.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Apart from Ciri, who assumed the fake name Falka and spent the season with the group, the Rats are extremely dead — not just slaughtered by Leo Bonhart but decapitated with each of their heads sawed off and dumped into a barrel for preservation.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Despite the fact ostrich feathers can be harvested without slaughtering, Collective Fashion Justice published research in 2023 that found all ostrich feather production systems ultimately kill the bird.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Corridor 109 has finally put down its roots.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
30 Oct. 2025
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In 1992, 111 were killed when Sao Paulo police stormed the Carandiru Penitentiary to put down a prison rebellion.—
Janaina Quinet,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Euthanize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/euthanize. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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