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   Euthanasia (?) n. [NL., fr. Gr. ; εὖ well +  death, , , to die: cf. F. euthanasie.]
   1. An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired. “An euthanasia of all thought.”  Hazlitt.
   
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   The kindest wish of my friends is euthanasia. Arbuthnot.
   
   
   2. the act or process of putting to death for humane purposes; -- used to refer to the killing of animals in order to relieve or avoid pain.
   
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