MERCY KILLING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)

Synonyms:

euthanasia; mercy killing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("mercy killing" is a kind of...):

kill; killing; putting to death (the act of terminating a life)

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