EUTHANIZING Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

euthanizing

verb

variants also euthanatizing

present participle of euthanize

as in assassinating

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Washington hoped that assassinating Khamenei would prompt a mass antigovernment uprising.

— Narges Bajoghli, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2026
Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk, will stand trial after a Utah judge ruled Tuesday that prosecutors presented enough evidence to move forward on all seven charges against him.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026

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Dakar winner Brock Heger quickly showed us all how to do it, perfectly executing the side-by-side equivalent of a skateboard tailslide along the wall’s highest point.

— Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 2 Nov. 2026
That didn’t stop the Commanders from being one of the worst teams in the league at executing through the first six weeks of the season.

— Tashan Reed, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026

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The producers sought sanctions ranging from dismissal of Wilson’s claims, known as terminating sanctions, to $474,026 in financial penalties.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2026
Until the county develops tighter restrictions over who can use the technology and why, Briones said her precinct will be terminating its contract with Flock.

— John Lomax V, Houston Chronicle, 15 Oct. 2026

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Today, aspiring developers can turn a good idea into a playable VPX table without ever putting down their phone.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
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

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Morley received a lifetime prison sentence for murdering Cody Birchfield, his former coworker, in 2022.

— News Editor, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Wade connected with the CODIS administrator in Florida, who was able to track down a vial of blood collected from Bundy following his 1978 arrest in the state after murdering two sorority sisters and a 12-year-old girl.

— Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of murdering

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