'mercy killing' definitions:
Definition of 'mercy killing'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) [syn: euthanasia, mercy killing]
Synonyms of 'mercy killing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bane,
- blood,
- bloodletting,
- bloodshed,
- braining,
- dealing death,
- destruction,
- destruction of life,
- dispatch,
- euthanasia,
- execution,
- extermination,
- flow of blood,
- gore,
- immolation,
- kill,
- killing,
- lapidation,
- martyrdom,
- martyrization,
- poisoning,
- ritual killing,
- ritual murder,
- sacrifice,
- shooting,
- slaughter,
- slaying,
- stoning,
- taking of life