euthanizing

verb

variants also euthanatizing
present participle of euthanize
as in assassinating

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  1. assassinating
  2. executing
  3. terminating
  4. slaughtering
  5. putting down
  6. martyring
  7. murdering
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  • Attorneys at a key hearing for the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk sparred over whether a police interview should be made public, with Kirk’s family attorney saying that sealing it will only sow distrust in the justice system.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 9 July 2026
  • The 23-year-old man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University will be in court this week for the most substantial hearing so far in his murder case.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
Definition of assassinating
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  • Did the thought of legacy weigh on your mind while putting together and executing these shows?
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 20 July 2026
  • Events require real expertise at every level, and the organizations executing best treat talent as a strategic input, drawing on specialized people across strategy, production, content and logistics to build a structure that scales.
    — Anthony Donnarumma, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
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  • If one frame triggers concern, the system reviews additional frames before escalating the case for human review, blocking the content, or terminating the call, depending on the specific platform specifications.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 20 July 2026
  • This year, the Tour de France Femmes starts off in Lausanne, Switzerland, before heading to Dijon and travelling down toward the Mediterranean, then terminating in Nice.
    — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026
Definition of terminating
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  • Disease had significantly weakened Tenochtitlán’s ability to withstand Cortés’s siege, and the Europeans eventually wore the Aztec warriors down and broke through the city’s defenses, slaughtering the Aztecs and destroying the city.
    — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 June 2026
  • Later on, plundering Barbary pirates raided Mallorca, looting possessions, slaughtering inhabitants and capturing others for the slave trade.
    — Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Definition of slaughtering
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  • For them, putting down 10% and paying for PMI may be fine, with an eye toward refinancing in the future.
    — Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
  • Campbell is the chief antagonist of the first two seasons of the show, and is a man who made his name brutally putting down the Irish Republican Army in Belfast before being sent to Birmingham to take on Tommy Shelby and the organized crime gangs.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2026
Definition of putting down
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  • Talking about potential attacks, martyring themselves for ISIS.
    — David J. Lopez, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Definition of martyring
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  • Patty Gifford's late mother, Barbara Ryan, sobbed in court when Sochor was found guilty of murdering her daughter, according to the Sun Sentinel.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 15 July 2026
  • She was eventually charged with murdering nine people, including several of her tenants.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 7 July 2026
Definition of murdering
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