euthanasianoun [ U ]
uk/ˌjuː.θəˈneɪ.ʒə/us/ˌjuː.θəˈneɪ.ʒə/the act of killing someone who is very ill or very old so that they do not suffer any more:
Although some people campaign for the right to euthanasia, it is still illegal in most countries.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Killing
- assisted suicide
- commit suicide idiom
- decimation
- do for sb/sth
- drown
- early
- electrocute
- end it (all) idiom
- fatal
- finish
- hara-kiri
- immolate
- killer
- life-threatening
- malignant
- mortally
- shooting
- slaughterhouse
- suicide
- terminal
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