Synonyms of mercy killings

mercy killings

noun

plural of mercy killing

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.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murders
• homicides
• massacres
• assisted suicides
• rubouts
• foul play
• physician-assisted suicides
• euthanasias
• decimations
• slayings
• killings
• manslaughters
• chance-medleys
• slaughters
• carnages
• blood
• assassinations
• fratricides
• matricides
• bloodsheds
• executions
• butcheries
• patricides
• destructions
• filicides
• uxoricides
• hits
• parricides
• regicides