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mercy stroke

noun

coup de grâce.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mercy stroke¹

First recorded in 1695–1705

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Example Sentences

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Catlin and Inman and every traveller familiar with the great plains region between the Arkansas and Saskatchewan testify that the quick death of the bullet was, indeed, the mercy stroke compared to nature's end of her wild creatures.