Akademik

the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)

noun, pl ⋯ -ings

: the killing of someone who is very sick or injured in order to prevent any further suffering

[count]

Some called her death a mercy killing.

[noncount]

He is opposed to mercy killing. [=euthanasia]

ˈmercy killing [mercy killing] noun countable, uncountable

the act of killing sb out of pity, for example because they are in severe pain

Syn: ↑euthanasia