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euthanasia

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of euthanasia

the act or practice of ending the life of someone who is very sick or injured in order to prevent any more suffering

a physician who refuses to practice euthanasia

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of euthanasia

assisted suicide, mercy killing, physician-assisted suicide

blood, foul play, homicide, murder, rubout, slaying

chance-medley, killing, manslaughter

bloodshed, butchery, carnage, decimation, destruction, massacre, slaughter

assassination, execution, hit

filicide, fratricide, matricide, parricide, patricide, regicide, uxoricide

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