put some creature out of its misery

to kill an animal in a humane manner. (See also put one out of one's misery.) The vet put that dog with cancer out of its misery. Please, put my sick goldfish out of its misery.

See also: creature, misery, of, out, put

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Warwick	WAWR-ik, WAHR-ik	English (Rare)
Satu	SAH-too	Finnish
Erdenechimeg	-	Mongolian
&Thorn;Iudreiks	-	Ancient Germanic
Jian	-	Chinese
Quentin	kawn-TEN (French), KWEN-tin (English)	French, English