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mercy killing

mercy killing

noun

  1. another term for euthanasia
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of mercy killing1

First recorded in 1930–35
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Some may even view it as a mercy killing.

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Hunter denies the charge, with his lawyers arguing it was a mercy killing after Janice, his wife of more than 50 years, begged him to end her torment.

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The only pathway to saving our republic goes through the electoral mercy killing of the Republican Party, and the only savior is the one you see in the mirror.

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Gross, in an essay, asked anyone who had said the murder of George Hodgins was understandable, anyone who had called it a “mercy killing,†to think about whether that San Diego mother had heard them.

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She described mercy killing of the terminally ill an “incredibly important debate that we are not allowed to have simply because of where we live.â€

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