💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Active euthanasia"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| euthanasianoun | The practice of intentionally killing a human being or animal in a humane way, especially in order to end suffering. |
| mercy killingnoun | Active euthanasia. |
| lethal injectionnoun | A means of execution or of euthanasia in which a person is injected with a fatal dose of drugs. |
| deathmakingnoun | (social sciences) The process of causing individuals to die, as by withdrawing health care, carrying out abortions, etc. |
| self-deathnoun | (euphemistic) Suicide. |
| electrothanasianoun | (archaic, rare) execution by electricity |
| autocidenoun | An act of suicide committed by crashing a car. |
| senicidenoun | The killing of an elderly person. |
| death kitnoun | (informal, slang) A collection of tools or weapons used in the preparation of a homicide. |
| feticidenoun | (dysphemistic) The killing of a fetus or embryo; an induced abortion. |
| suicidenoun | (uncountable) The act of intentionally killing oneself. |
| needlenoun | A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc. |
| thanatocracynoun | The carrying out of mass and organized killing as an official policy of a state. |
| aborticidenoun | An agent responsible for an abortion (the destruction of a fetus); abortifacient. |
| equicidenoun | The killing of a horse. |
| killverb | (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of. |
| humanicidenoun | The destruction of the human race. |
| death penaltynoun | (law) A punishment in which the offender is put to death by the state. |
| deathnoun | The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state. |
| asinicidenoun | The killing (including by self) of an ass or donkey. |
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