Definition of "euthanize" []

• To subject to euthanasia. (verb-transitive)

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• "The decision to euthanize is always dispiriting and sometimes heart-wrenching."
• "There was a big stink on whether to release one outside city limits or to kill it (they used the politically correct term "euthanize")."
• "I think it unconscionable that the Right is purposefully misleading people -- including scaring seniors into believing that Obama and the Democrats in Congress want to "euthanize" them!"