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    mercy killing

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈmercy ˌkilling noun [countable, uncountable]  KILLthe act of killing someone who is very ill or old so that they do not have to suffer anymore 安乐死（术），无疼痛致死 SYN euthanasia
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    mercy killing• So this would almost be a mercy killing.• Frankly, it would have been a mercy killing.• Among those receiving probation orders will be those for whom the section 2 defence is used to mitigate a mercy killing.
    ˈmercy ˌkilling nounChineseSyllable
    who is act the very of killing Corpus someone


    mercy killing
    ˈmercy ˌkilling noun [uncountable and countable]
    the act of killing someone who is very ill or old so that they do not have to suffer any more
       SYN  euthanasia


    mercy killingBrE /ˈmɜːsi kɪlɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmɜːrsi kɪlɪŋ/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] the act of killing sb out of pity, for example because they are in severe pain 安乐死；无疼痛致死术 SYN euthanasia