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单词 euthanatize
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euthanatizev.

Forms: 1800s euthanatise.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek εὐθάνατος , -ize suffix.
Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek εὐθάνατος dying easily or happily ( < ancient Greek εὐ- eu- comb. form + θάνατος death: see Thanatos n.) + -ize suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: euˈthanatize.
transitive. To subject to ‘euthanasia’.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > life > death > killing > killing for specific reason > kill for specific reason [verb (transitive)] > mercy killing
to put out of (one's) painc1375
to put (a person or animal) out of (his or her) misery (also pain)1792
euthanatize1873
euthanize1975
1873 Spectator 22 Feb. 241/1 I saw a crab euthanatising a sickly fish, doubtless from the highest motives.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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