NOUN | act | euthanasia, mercy killing | the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) |
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Sounds | yuw.thahney'zhah; yuw.thahney'zhyah | |
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Rhymes | ambrosia ... Tunisia: 22 rhymes with zhah... | |
Abkhazia ... Virginia: 48 rhymes with yah... |
Meaning | The act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness). | |
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Synonym | mercy killing | |
Broader | killing, kill, putting to death | The act of terminating a life |
Spanish | eutanasia | |
Catalan | eutanàsia |
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