Put-to-sleep Definition

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To cause (someone) to sleep.
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To help (someone) to bed.

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(figuratively) To render dormant.

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(euphemistic) To kill an animal painlessly, often with an injection; to euthanize.

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(informal) To give a general anesthetic prior to surgery.

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Put-to-sleep Sentence Examples

  • I walked the two miles back home having made this decision to have a young, otherwise healthy dog put to sleep.

  • Stomach cancer can be very painful, so under their vet's advice, Otto's family decided it would be best to have him put to sleep to avoid unnecessary suffering.

  • Infants should be put to sleep in a nonprone position.

  • The exception is positional plagiocephaly, which results from an infant being put to sleep on the back.

  • Even Zeus is unable to resist his influence, and on two occasions was put to sleep by him at the instance of Hera.

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PPUPUT

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