ASSISTED SUICIDE Synonyms: 29 Similar Words

assisted suicide

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Definition of assisted suicide

as in mercy killing

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Recent Examples of assisted suicide In another October motion, Routh asked the judge to imprison him in a state that allows assisted suicide. — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026 In addition, assisted suicide, which is right there in chapter one, was a felony in Texas. — Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025 Under Swiss law, euthanasia—where a doctor actively administers a lethal drug—is banned, but assisted suicide has been allowed for decades so long as there is no selfish or profit motive and the person who has chosen to die is of sound mind and carries out the final act themselves. — Simon Crerar, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025 Dignitas has been involved in over 4,000 assisted suicide deaths as of 2024. — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for assisted suicide

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Noun

Too much damage has been done to the character in recent years, to the point that any death would be seen as a mercy killing now.

— Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 6 May 2026
For the rest of us, sudden death felt like a mercy killing.

— James Horncastle, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026

Definition of mercy killing

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But once those donations ran out, their caretakers worried that euthanasia might be imminent -- asking the Canadian government in October 2025 for funds to feed the marine mammals.

— Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 July 2026
The threat of euthanasia led to an international rescue effort to find new homes for the belugas.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026

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As of publication, Calgary Police do not suspect foul play in Parker’s death, but the investigation remains ongoing.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Investigators are working to determine the cause of the explosion, but say there is no indication that foul play was involved.

— Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 30 July 2026

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The sheriff's office said ballistic testing performed with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives later produced forensic evidence linking the two murders.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
Nearly three years after Ebony Duncan vanished after leaving work in Independence, a Jackson County jury has found her former boyfriend guilty of second-degree murder.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026

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