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euthanise

euthanise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of euthanize.

Meaning of euthanize

Verb

euthanize (third-person singular simple present euthanizes, present participle euthanizing, simple past and past participle euthanized)

  1. (transitive) To carry out euthanasia on (a person or animal).
    • John decided to euthanize his dying dog.

Forms of euthanise

third-person singular presenteuthanises
present participleeuthanising
past participleeuthanised
pasteuthanised

Words formed from euthanise

Questions about euthanise

What is euthanise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Euthanise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of euthanize.

Words near euthanise in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: euthanise (page history and authors); euthanize (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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