mercy killing

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Recent Examples of mercy killing Kelson teaches Spike how to grow beyond his parents, giving Isla a mercy killing and allowing Spike to place her skull on the top of the structure. Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025 While this was a funeral rite for some in the Roman period, the researchers think the man was decapitated as a mercy killing after the lion bite. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025 If the mercy killing wasn’t a big enough of a twist, the introduction of three outsiders who stumble upon the girls’ cannibalistic feast will do it. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025 More secrets emerge, Chappelle says there’s no time to explain, even mercy killing the dog. Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2025 Consider this review a mercy killing. The New York Times, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025 DJ Anne Harris is largely focused on mercy killing her relationship with Siobhan for Siobhan’s own good. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 May 2021 The woman later gave mixed signals about her desire to die, but the doctor, in close consultation with the woman’s family, decided to go ahead with the mercy killing. Mike Corder, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2019 The doctor carried out the mercy killing with her family’s consent and support. Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mercy killing
Noun
  • Cobb was arrested and charged with murder in the second degree and cruelty to children in the second degree, both felonies, police said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • In other fiction news, there’s a radically new take on the murder-in-a-small-town genre by Chris Kraus, fresh, unusual stories by Katherine Dunn, and a tear-jerker by Mitch Albom, among many others.
    Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The shooting marks Kansas City’s 123d homicide of 2025, compared to 123 at this time last year, according to data tracked by The Star, which includes fatal police shootings.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Salam Zia, commander of the Houston Police Department's homicide division, said the youngest victim was 20.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The massacre was instantly infamous — as much a source of horror as of horrified fascination by the public.
    Susan Young, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The heinous, appalling and unjustifiable massacre of October 7 followed decades of violence.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But assisted suicide is anything but compassionate for vulnerable people, like the tragic story of my friend with anorexia, Jane Allen, which shows how assisted suicide laws threaten the lives of the young and curable.
    Matt Vallière, Denver Post, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In other countries, assisted suicide is a much more common cause of death.
    Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025

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“Mercy killing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mercy%20killing. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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