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euthanizing

euthanizing is the present participle and gerund 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.

Questions about euthanizing

What is euthanizing the present participle and gerund of?
Euthanizing is the present participle and gerund of euthanize.

Words near euthanizing in the dictionary

  1. euthanize
  2. euthanized
  3. euthanizer
  4. euthanizers
  5. euthanizes
  6. euthanizing
  7. euthecosome
  8. euthecosomes
  9. euthed
  10. eutheism
  11. Euthemia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: euthanizing (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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