Mercy killing
Mercy killing noun - The act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness).
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Synonyms for Mercy killing
Suicide and mercy killing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Suicide" instead a noun phrase "Mercy killing".
Suicide
Suicide noun - The act of deliberately killing oneself.
Usage example: teenagers are more prone to suicide because they mistakenly believe their troubles are insurmountable
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Synonyms for Suicide
Mercy killing and suicide are semantically related. You can use "Mercy killing" instead a noun "Suicide".
Nearby Words: suicidal, suicided, suiciding
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- murder and mercy killing
- murder and suicide
- blood and mercy killing
- blood and suicide
- killing and mercy killing
- killing and suicide
- kill and mercy killing
- kill and suicide
- slaying and mercy killing
- slaying and suicide
- homicide and mercy killing
- homicide and suicide
- putting to death and mercy killing
- putting to death and suicide
Both terms in one sentence
- The thought was so scary that Jet Li's character thought of mercy killing his own child in a double suicide.
Source: Adult Fear / Live-Action Films - However, in the third known timeline, when she found out the truth of Magical Girls eventually turning into witches like Sayaka had done before, she went completely berserk, Mercy Killing the other girls with the intent to commit suicide.
Source: Mask of Sanity
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