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Noun: mercy killing  'mur-see'ki-ling
  1. The act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)
    - euthanasia

Derived forms: mercy killings

Type of: kill, killing, putting to death

Encyclopedia: Mercy killing

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