put sth out of its misery
Definition
› to kill an animal because it is in great pain, so that it does not have to suffer any moreKillingMurder and attempted murder
(Definition of put sth out of its misery from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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put sth on phrasal verb (COVER BODY)
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put sth on phrasal verb (GET HEAVIER)
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put sth on phrasal verb (OPERATE)
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put sth on phrasal verb (PRETEND)
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put sth on phrasal verb (PRODUCE)
- put sth out of its misery idiom
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put sth out of joint idiom
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put sth out of your mind idiom
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put sth out phrasal verb (GIVE WORK)
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put sth out phrasal verb (INJURE)
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put sth out phrasal verb (LIGHT)
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Synonyms and related words:
- butchery noun
- carnage noun
- claim sb's life idiom
- deadly adjective (VERY DANGEROUS)
- destroy verb
- drive/send sb to an early grave idiom
- drown verb (DIE)
- exterminate verb
- fatal adjective
- finish sb/sth off phrasal verb (KILL)
- kamikaze adjective
- knacker's yard noun
- life-threatening adjective
- liquidate verb (KILL)
- malignant adjective (DISEASE)
- polish sb off phrasal verb
- right to die noun
- suicide noun (DEATH)
- terminal adjective (ILLNESS)
- wring verb
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