Verb: euthanize 'yoo-thu,nIz
- Intentionally cause the painless death of a person or animal
"They had to euthanize their old dog due to its terminal illness";
- euthanise [Brit], euthanatize [rare], euthanatise [Brit, rare], euthanase [Brit]
Derived forms: euthanizes, euthanizing, euthanized
Type of: kill
Encyclopedia: Euthanize