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What does euthanize mean?

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  1. (transitive) To carry out euthanasia on (a person or animal).
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If the animal is injured on the ramp, it falls to the attendant to stop all handling and euthanize the pig.
He was suffering greatly and the kindest thing we could do would be to euthanize him.
As a legal matter, the federal government could now euthanize such a firm instead of bailing it out.
After having consulted with several equine veterinarians and a human oncologist, the decision was reluctantly made to euthanize the horse.
Some, she says, grapple with the difficult question of whether it would be kinder to euthanize a pet than ask it to go on under such difficult circumstances.
Sodium pentobarbital is used to euthanize dogs and cats in animal shelters.

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