as in murders
the act of ending the life of someone who is very sick or injured in order to prevent any further suffering
Some called her death a mercy killing.
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Kentucky officials have not announced any developments in the case publicly, but Jackson said the Texas murders shared similar details.—
Jean Casarez,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025 -
Gein eventually confessed to two murders, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, a Democrat, has argued that homicides, shootings, robberies and carjackings have all been declining.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
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That's long been one of the top causes of homicides in Milwaukee.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Most people associate mass shootings with high-profile tragedies like the massacres at Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in 2015 or Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018.—
James Densley,
The Conversation,
1 Oct. 2025
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Torture, mutilations, massacres.—
Greg Grandin
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Mercy killings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mercy%20killings. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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