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Euthanasia

Euthanasia Meaning & Definition
Euthanasia Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Euthanasia?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Euthanasia: mercy killing

Related Terms | Find terms related to Euthanasia: bane | blood | bloodletting | bloodshed | braining | dealing death | destruction | destruction of life | dispatch | execution | extermination | flow of blood | gore | immolation | kill | killing | lapidation | martyrdom | martyrization | mercy killing | natural death | poisoning | quiet end | ritual killing | ritual murder | sacrifice | shooting | slaughter | slaying | stoning | taking of life | welcome release

See Also | kill | killing | putting to death

Euthanasia In Webster's Dictionary

\Eu`tha*na"si*a\n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; ? well + ? death, ?, ?, to die: cf. F. euthanasie.] An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired. ``An euthanasia of all thought.'' --Hazlitt. The kindest wish of my friends is euthanasia. --Arbuthnot.

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