mercy killing
noun [C or U]Definition
› the act of killing someone who is very ill or very old so that they do not suffer any moreKillingMurder and attempted murder
(Definition of mercy killing noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- butchery noun
- carnage noun
- claim sb's life idiom
- destroy verb
- drive/send sb to an early grave idiom
- exterminate verb
- fatal adjective
- finish sb/sth off phrasal verb (KILL)
- kamikaze adjective
- knacker's yard noun
- life-threatening adjective
- liquidate verb (KILL)
- malignant adjective (DISEASE)
- polish sb off phrasal verb
- put sth out of its misery idiom
- right to die noun
- slaughter noun
- suicide noun (DEATH)
- terminal adjective (ILLNESS)
- wring verb
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