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The practice of intentionally killing a human being or animal in a humane way, especially in order to end suffering.uncountableusually
- Euthanasia is the most difficult part of a veterinarian's job.
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The practice of killing a human being who is considered a liability to society, especially a disabled person.Nazismespeciallyeuphemistic
- Nevertheless, as Henry Friedlander pointed out years ago, it was not Jews but mentally and physically disabled people who became targets of the first large-scale, systematic killings in Nazi Germany, under the euphemistically labelled “Eutha
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An easy death, or the means to bring about such a death.obsoleteuncountableusually
- For myself I could hold it in my account with God to find such an euthanasia for you, even at this moment if it were best.
euthanasia
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