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euthanisation

euthanisation is the alternative spelling of euthanization.

Meaning of euthanization

Noun

euthanization (countable and uncountable, plural euthanizations)

  1. The act or process of euthanizing
    • A judge has ordered the euthanization of two dogs that nearly ripped off a man’s ear in a June 10 attack in Dix Hills.2007 June 20, The Associated Press, “Central Islip: Two Violent Rottweilers Will Be Euthanized”, in New York Times

Forms of euthanisation

pluraleuthanisations

Questions about euthanisation

What is euthanisation the alternative spelling of?
Euthanisation is the alternative spelling of euthanization.

Words near euthanisation in the dictionary

  1. euthanatizing
  2. euthanaze
  3. euthanazed
  4. euthanazes
  5. euthanazing
  6. euthanisation
  7. euthanisations
  8. euthanise
  9. euthanised
  10. euthaniser
  11. euthanisers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: euthanisation (page history and authors); euthanization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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