EUTHANIZED Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

euthanized

verb

variants also euthanatized

past tense of euthanize

as in assassinated

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President Joe Biden extended it after Haitiian President, Jovenel Moïse was assassinated on July 7, 2021.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026
In the late 1990s, there were calls for the citizenship of Yigal Amir, who assassinated former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, to be removed.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of assassinated

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For example, SpaceX has made three successful catches of Super Heavy back at SpaceX’s Starbase, Texas, launch facility, and has executed a handful of Raptor 3 single-engine relights on Ship while in space.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2026
Cleaning up three years of contracts matters less than ensuring next month’s contracts land in the right place, signed, on the day they are executed.

— Jeremy Bradley-Silverio Donato, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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Already, in South Africa, an ostrich flock that survives bird flu would only be quarantined and rigorously tested for reinfection, not slaughtered.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Every year, live chickens are confined and slaughtered at makeshift sites on Brooklyn streets and sidewalks.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of slaughtered

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Hill’s contract originally provided three months of base salary if the board terminated her without invoking its separate process for firing her for cause.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026
They were reportedly terminated about three weeks after the country icon’s death.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of terminated

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Buying a pre-construction unit usually means putting down an initial deposit and paying in installments as the building gets closer to being completed.

— Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
Now a new Cherry Orchard, the work of another Australian auteur, Simon Stone, has put down roots in the cavernous drill hall of the Park Avenue Armory, and the angry young tutor goes even further.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

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