euthanizing

variants also euthanatizing
Definition of euthanizingnext
present participle of euthanize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for euthanizing
Verb
  • The special will look into the stories of Luigi Mangione, who faces trial in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson; Tyler Robinson, accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk; and Robin Westman, accused of a mass shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026
  • This comes on top of at least 15 years of US-Israel assassinating Iranian university scientists and their families.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In addition to executing the warrants, law enforcement agents served 20 retailers with administrative charging letters issued by the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service for SNAP trafficking and program violations.
    Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The robots are responsible for executing precision loading and unloading tasks.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Filter and Lesac previously settled charges filed with the NLRB for terminating two employees, Claudia Terrazo and Mario Delgado, in retaliation for organizing to protect their workers rights in June 2024.
    Laura Turbay, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Prosecutors allege the confrontation escalated when Wright retrieved a bag for Williams containing an AK-style pistol and used a phone to record as Davis was ordered to sign paperwork terminating the contract.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Livestock numbers are strictly controlled on Tristan, and the community manages the herd by occasionally slaughtering animals for meat and leather.
    NPR, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
  • One thinks of the hundred brothers that Donald Antrim imagined, gathering in the ancestral home to honor their father’s memory and ritually slaughtering one of their own.
    Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • For Jason, the friction of traveling to a casino and physically putting down money makes all the difference.
    Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Cameron said getting away for time alone and putting down the phone helps.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Talking about potential attacks, martyring themselves for ISIS.
    David J. Lopez, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The Orange County jury that found Demorris Hunter guilty of murdering his girlfriend in 2002 unanimously recommended to send him to death row Tuesday after just over two hours of deliberations.
    Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026
  • In May 2004, she was convicted of the 1995 murder of Glenn, and in 2007, she was convicted of murdering Randy.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Euthanizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/euthanizing. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.

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