what does put to sleep mean?
PUT TO SLEEP as VERB
- Meaning
- make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs
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- The patient must be anesthetized before the operation
Hypernyms(s) put to sleep is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- kill gently, as with an injection
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- the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep
Hypernyms(s) put to sleep is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
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- Mother put the baby to sleep
Hypernyms(s) put to sleep is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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