euthanizing

variants also euthanatizing
Definition of euthanizingnext
present participle of euthanize
See the Dictionary Definition 

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for euthanizing
Verb
  • Making a disgusting joke about assassinating the President #2.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The furor around Kimmel comes seven months after ABC briefly suspended his talk show amid a controversy over his comments about the political motivations of the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In practice, this means that before executing movements, the humanoid predicts potential environmental changes and evaluates possible outcomes, as part of a simulation-first approach that is becoming central to physical AI development.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Police found a 9 mm bullet casing inside the car when executing a search warrant.
    Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The utility proposes a route that runs north from the Imperial Valley substation, moving laterally through a chunk of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, heading up into Riverside County near Temecula and then terminating outside of Camp Pendleton.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Her suit accuses the company of violating the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, intentionally inflicting emotional distress, and wrongfully terminating her.
    Irin Carmon, Vulture, 22 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
  • But even as residents say goodbye to one business, there are two new businesses putting down new roots.
    Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Musielak says that putting down sandbags doesn't really help, as the water would find another path.
    Elle Meyers, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Talking about potential attacks, martyring themselves for ISIS.
    David J. Lopez, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Some progressives have cheered Luigi Mangione for murdering Brian Thompson, a health-care CEO.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The unsealed indictment formally charges Bowen with murdering Metayer Bowen with a firearm and tampering with evidence.
    Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Euthanizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/euthanizing. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster