mercy killing

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Origin of mercy killing

1
First recorded in 1930–35

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How to use mercy killing in a sentence

  • "Call it a mercy killing," murmured Donna between pale lips.

    This World Must Die! | Horace Brown Fyfe

British Dictionary definitions for mercy killing

mercy killing

noun
  1. another term for euthanasia

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