EUTHANIZED Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

euthanized

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variants also euthanatized

past tense of euthanize

as in assassinated

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The program tonight will include a tribute to the late republican activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated one year ago, and an observance of the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, which is Friday.

— Tamara Keith, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026
Loosely based on an unfinished novel by Federico García Lorca, a writer assassinated during the Spanish Civil War, the film explores the lives of three gay men in three time periods.

— A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

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Still, a currency collapse last year and high inflation triggered widespread unrest, and the regime slaughtered thousands in a brutal crackdown.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
What to Read Providence, by Max Barry Seven years before the start of this novel, an alien species slaughtered everyone aboard a human spaceship—Earth’s first contact with extraterrestrials.

— Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

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Black slavery expanded in the South until the American Civil War, when it was legally terminated by the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
The city has used Flock since 2023, and McGuire said the contract can be terminated at any time.

— Mike Stunson, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026

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During his testimony, the prosecution produced a spiral notebook in which Clancy had left instructions for caretakers on when to put down the baby, which vegetables to prepare for dinner, how to cut up the sweet potatoes.

— Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
The military government put down the rebellion with brutal force.

— Mahbub Abdillahi, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2026

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