Sentence examples for euthanize from inspiring English sources
The word 'euthanize' is correct and commonly used in written English
It means to end the life of an individual or animal in a painless or humane manner, typically due to severe illness or suffering. Example: The veterinarian had to euthanize the injured dog to end its suffering.
verb
To submit (a person or animal) to euthanasia.
- John decided to euthanize his dying cat.
In Germany in the 1930s some Christians fought against the Nazis' violent anti-Semitism and their attempts to euthanize the mentally ill and others they considered "unfit to live".
Some humane societies routinely euthanize pit bulls that come into their possession, deeming them unsuitable for adoption.
Those who were to be gassed were transported elsewhere, as were the sick, who were sent to Hartheim, one of the killing centres of the T4 Program, established to "euthanize" the infirm and disabled.
(The next day, Brigitte Bardot swore that she would move to Russia, too, if a French court did not forestall plans to euthanize two tubercular elephants).
As a legal matter, the federal government could now euthanize such a firm instead of bailing it out.
Obama is plotting to set up "death panels," government tribunals authorized to euthanize the old and sick.
Samantha is the person who has to euthanize them.
"I was actually beginning to worry I might have to come down there and euthanize her myself," he says.
As one insightful person commented, as regards the killing of geese in Prospect Park, "Where does it all end?" The plan to euthanize in New York State was triggered by the emergency landing of U.S. Airways 1549.
Robert Hutchinson, gravedigger Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery Alachua County, Fla .I got an approximation of the at-home death experience that Doughty endorses when I had Gentle Goodbyes euthanize my golden retriever for a back-yard burial.
Dr. de Jong said Dutch physicians typically euthanize patients by injecting a barbiturate to induce sleep, followed by a powerful muscle relaxant like curare to stop the heart.
