| 单词 | mercy killing |
| 释义 | mercy killing (once / 94555 pages) n WORD FAMILY mercy killing USAGE EXAMPLESAustralia’s Northern Territory became one of the world’s first jurisdictions to legalize mercy killing in 1996. Washington Times(Nov 17, 2016) As for "mercy killing," the same questions abound: a terminal person is already being harmed; death, in some instances, certainly alleviates that harm. New York Times(Oct 20, 2016) Meanwhile, at the hotel, the bride’s disturbed mother stabs Strand as payback for his mercy killing of her daughter. New York Times(Sep 18, 2016) n the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) Syn|Hyper euthanasia kill, killing, putting to death the act of terminating a life |
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