Synonyms for euthanasia

Grammar : Noun

Spell : yoo-thuh-ney-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh

Phonetic Transcription : ˌyu θəˈneɪ ʒə, -ʒi ə, -zi ə

Définition of euthanasia

Origin : c.1600, from Greek euthanasia "an easy or happy death," from eu- "good" (see eu-) + thanatos "death" (see thanatology). Sense of "legally sanctioned mercy killing" is first recorded in English 1869.

noun mercy killing

Example sentences :

Not in euthanasia, but in torment of mind should the guilty atone.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

His going out was an euthanasia, for he was in love and heard nothing.
Extract from : « Beasts, Men and Gods » by Ferdinand Ossendowski

When I am too old to work and ready for euthanasia I shall have you come and talk me to death.
Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore

Kennon shuddered, thinking of the euthanasia chambers on Otpen One.
Extract from : « The Lani People » by J. F. Bone

In August, 1900, came the euthanasia for which he had longed.
Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker

Illstarred heresiarch' In a Greek watercloset he breathed his last: euthanasia.
Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce

But the very motive which restrains from suicide, prompts to euthanasia.
Extract from : « My Path to Atheism » by Annie Besant

It is in such cases as this that euthanasia would be useful.
Extract from : « My Path to Atheism » by Annie Besant

To a doomed race, ignorance is euthanasia, and knowledge is but pain and sorrow.
Extract from : « The Colonel's Dream » by Charles W. Chesnutt

This thing, this euthanasia of the weak and sensual, is possible.
Extract from : « Anticipations » by Herbert George Wells

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