einschläfern — meaning in English
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English meaning
- destroy verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
Senses
einschläfern is used for these senses in English:
- destroy (transitive) To put down or euthanize.
- euthanize (transitive) To carry out euthanasia on (a person or animal).
- put down (euphemistic) To euthanize (an animal).
- put someone out of their misery (transitive, idiomatic, informal) To submit a suffering person or an animal to euthanasia.
- put to sleep (transitive, euphemistic) To kill an animal painlessly, often with an injection; to euthanize.
destroy — full definition
- verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
- verb To defeat someone completely and overwhelmingly.
- verb To kill an animal deliberately, usually for humane or safety reasons.