kill shelter

noun

An animal shelter that eventually carries out euthanasia on those animals for which no homes can be found.

Opposite
no-kill shelter
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounkill shelter (plural kill shelters)

plural kill shelters

  1. An animal shelter that eventually carries out euthanasia on those animals for which no homes can be found.

    Antonyms: no-kill shelter

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn animal shelter that eventually carries out euthanasia on those animals for which no homes can be found.

Opposite
no-kill shelter
Cite this entry
APA

kill shelter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kill%20shelter

MLA

“kill shelter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kill%20shelter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kill shelter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kill%20shelter.

Source: kill shelter on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.