mercy killing
Example Sentences
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She described mercy killing of the terminally ill an “incredibly important debate that we are not allowed to have simply because of where we live.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2022
California’s law prohibits the practice from being referred to as euthanasia, mercy killing, assisted suicide or homicide.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2016
The Great Kershaw versus the hitless wonders known as the Mets qualifies as a mercy killing.
From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2015
The record blew my ears off with its triple-layered wordplay and its incisored, insider’s view of small-town life-cycle letdowns—all delivered like a mercy killing by a singer who’d just turned 24.
From Slate • Jun. 26, 2015
Ms Virani campaigned not for a mercy killing, but for a legal end to her being force fed; and she took the case all the way to India's Supreme Court.
From BBC • May 18, 2015
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