showing kindness towards people and animals by making sure that they do not suffer more than is necessary:
a caring and humane society * These regulations ensure the humane treatment of all refugees. * Campaigners claim that the animals are not being kept in humane conditions. * the humane killing of animals
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humanely adverb:
to treat sb humanely * meat that has been humanely produced * The dog was humanely destroyed.
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