NOUN
- the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)
How To Use mercy killing In A Sentence
- Should the law allow mercy killing?
- The legal position on mercy killing is unambiguous. Times, Sunday Times
- We have conducted debates on issues such as mercy killing and senior citizens remarrying.
- Once the disease reaches this stage, euthanasia or mercy killing is the only recourse.
- A woman found dead in a suspected mercy killing had served time for battering a 22-month-old child.
- Whether mercy killing is justifiable is still an open question.
- It doesn't help anyone, mercy killing. The Sun
- Should the law allow mercy killing?
- Mercy killing is also illegal on the battlefield. Times, Sunday Times
- Public opinion polarised into completely opposite opinions on the issue of mercy killing.
