mercy-killv.

Brit.

/ˈməːsɪˌkɪl/, U.S.

/ˈmərsiˌkɪl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mercy n., kill v.

Etymology: < mercy n. + kill v., after mercy killing n.

transitive. To bring about the death of (a person suffering an incurable and painful disease), esp. by the administration of drugs.

ΚΠ

1949 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 11 Jan. 4/3 Was it not Hitler who mercy-killed thousands in gas chambers?

1957 Observer 8 Dec. 14/3 This [melodrama], with its brilliant young scientist strangling his wife and volunteering for deep freeze and being mercy-killed by his boss.

1996 Daily Tel. 21 June 21/1 Japanese police yesterday raided the house of a doctor suspected of mercy-killing a cancer patient without his consent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mercy-kill
释义	mercy-killv. Brit. /ˈməːsɪˌkɪl/, U.S. /ˈmərsiˌkɪl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mercy n., kill v. Etymology: < mercy n. + kill v., after mercy killing n. transitive. To bring about the death of (a person suffering an incurable and painful disease), esp. by the administration of drugs. ΚΠ 1949 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 11 Jan. 4/3 Was it not Hitler who mercy-killed thousands in gas chambers? 1957 Observer 8 Dec. 14/3 This [melodrama], with its brilliant young scientist strangling his wife and volunteering for deep freeze and being mercy-killed by his boss. 1996 Daily Tel. 21 June 21/1 Japanese police yesterday raided the house of a doctor suspected of mercy-killing a cancer patient without his consent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1949
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