euthanized

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

put to death painlessly, usually to end the suffering caused by an incurable condition:
Neutering decreases an animal’s chances of getting certain cancers, reducing the number of euthanized pets each year.

Other questions: Should nuisance bears be euthanized if they are serial offenders?

While they were found guilty for only littering, witness testimony included examples of healthy animals being euthanized.

If we need to get rid of these animals, they need to be rounded up and euthanized by qualified wildlife experts.

It ran 11 painful episodes in 1990 before being mercifully euthanized.

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