euthanize
verb
eu·tha·nize
ˈyü-thə-ˌnīz 
variants
or less commonly euthanatize
euthanized also euthanatized; euthanizing also euthanatizing
: to subject to euthanasia
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Team Ratas is a leader in Argentina and Latin America for rehoming lab rats and mice that — without a foster home — would otherwise be euthanized.
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ABC News, 17 May 2026
Also, here’s a great, emotional story by Jerry Brewer about Barbaro, who was injured at the Preakness and later euthanized 20 years ago.
—Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 16 May 2026
More than 14,600 animals were captured and euthanized in 2025, an all-time high and almost triple the previous year’s tally.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 May 2026
Fourteen of the cats died or were euthanized.
—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
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ABC News, 17 May 2026
Also, here’s a great, emotional story by Jerry Brewer about Barbaro, who was injured at the Preakness and later euthanized 20 years ago.
—Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 16 May 2026
More than 14,600 animals were captured and euthanized in 2025, an all-time high and almost triple the previous year’s tally.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 May 2026
Fourteen of the cats died or were euthanized.
—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for euthanize
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“Euthanize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/euthanize. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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