EUTHANIZED Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

euthanized

verb

variants also euthanatized

past tense of euthanize

as in assassinated

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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
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

Definition of assassinated

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Meanwhile, Iran’s state TV said a man was executed after being convicted on charges of spying for Israel.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
The following August, six Israeli hostages were executed by Hamas in a tunnel in Rafah, after more than three hundred days in captivity.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 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

Definition of slaughtered

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Staff said in a post on Blue Bird Bistro’s Instagram page that the restaurant was shuttering due to its lease being terminated.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
The Athletic reported upon the Brazilian’s exit from the City Ground last week that his contract at the club had been terminated.

— Colin Millar, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of terminated

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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
Tristan, in the middle of putting down new wood shavings, looked at me shyly through the dust clouds.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

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