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mercy killing

noun

🔊/ˈmɜːsi kɪlɪŋ/

🔊/ˈmɜːrsi kɪlɪŋ/

[countable, uncountable]

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the act of killing somebody because you do not want them to suffer, for example because they are in severe pain 安乐死；无疼痛致死术synonym euthanasia