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the act of intentionally killing someone painlessly — typically someone suffering from an incurable illness- Assisted suicide has more political support than euthanasia because patient request is a check against some kinds of abuse.
euthanasia = the act of intentionally killing someone painlessly
- We had to euthanize our dog last night.
- Euthanasia could end hopeless suffering, but how do we assure it is not abused?
- "Euthanasia" is an excellent and a comforting word!Bram Stoker -- Dracula
- For myself I could hold it in my account with God to find such an euthanasia for you, even at this moment if it were best.Bram Stoker -- Dracula
- "But tell me, my dear Sir," pertinaciously continued the other, "was the man's death effected by the halter, or was it a species of euthanasia?"Herman Melville -- Billy Budd
- Many states were using drugs that had been banned for animal euthanasia because they caused a painful and torturous death.Bryan Stevenson -- Just Mercy
- I look at it more like euthanasia I'm performing on myself, a mercy killing.Piper Kerman -- Orange Is the New Black
- Euthanasia of the animals with a minimum of suffering.Richard Preston -- The Hot Zone
- Even if they were euthanizing the animals, it didn't add up.Dave Eggers -- Zeitoun
- They're either humanely euthanized or placed into suspended animation.Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
- If society had any sense they'd give me euthanasia.Saul Bellow -- The Adventures of Augie March
- Even the agreement for euthanasia if final decision on such a step is necessary.Ray Bradbury -- The Martian Chronicles
- Irwin, who was fond of the horse, refused to euthanize him.Laura Hillenbrand -- Seabiscuit
- Some eugenicists advocated euthanasia, and in mental hospitals, this was quietly carried out on scores of people through "lethal neglect" or outright murder.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- Mental euthanasia.James Vance Marshall -- Walkabout
- Most disturbing, a handwritten note tucked into the child's blanket begged hospital authorities to euthanize the child because 'I don't have the strength to do it myself.'Cassandra Clare -- City of Fallen Angels
- Dogs do not have many advantages over people, but one of them is extremely important: euthanasia is not forbidden by law in their case; animals have the right to a merciful death.Milan Kundera -- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- Harald argued not only for sterilisation but also for euthanasia—actively putting to death people who offended his aesthetic tastes and didn't fit his image of the perfect Swedish race.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- And the vet said —this dog has a disease, which I forget the name of, and she had it when you found her, and I know this is not what you want to hear but it is going to be a whole lot kinder if you euthanize her right now My hand had been flying in reckless jerks and starts across the paper.Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch
euthanize = painlessly kill
euthanasia = the act of intentionally killing someone painlessly
euthanasia = meaning: "intentionally killing someone painlessly"
euthanasia = the act of intentionally killing someone painlessly — typically someone suffering from an incurable illness