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A coup de grâce (/ ˌ k uː d ə ˈ ɡ r ɑː s /; French: [ku də ɡʁɑs] ⓘ 'blow of mercy') is a death blow to end the suffering of a severely wounded person or animal. [1] [2] It may be a mercy killing of mortally wounded civilians or soldiers, friends or enemies, with or without the sufferer's consent. The meaning has extended to refer ...
Parricide or parenticide – the killing of one's mother, father, or other close relative. Patricide – the act of killing of one's father. (Latin: pater "father"). Senicide – the killing of one's elderly family members. (Latin: senex "old man"). Siblicide – the killing of an infant individual by their close relatives (full or half siblings).
The Telegraph noted that the killing of the disabled infant—whose name was Gerhard Kretschmar, born blind, with missing limbs, subject to convulsions, and reportedly "an idiot"— provided "the rationale for a secret Nazi decree that led to 'mercy killings' of almost 300,000 mentally and physically handicapped people". [49]
Mercy killer: Believes the victims are suffering or beyond help, though this belief may be delusional. Sadistic: Use their position as a way of exerting power and control over helpless victims. Malignant hero: A pattern wherein the subject endangers the victim's life in some way and then proceeds to "save" them.
Buddhist views, although varying on a series of canons within the three branches of Buddhism (Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana), observe the concept of euthanasia, or "mercy killing", in a denunciatory manner. [1] Such methods of euthanasia include voluntary, involuntary, and non-voluntary. [2]
BlackBerry is doing the inevitable, informing its subscribers that it will be shutting down its BBM Music service in two months. The late 2011 rollout of BBM Music was flawed from the start. The ...
An honor killing is a practice in some societies when family members justify killing a person, usually a woman, by claiming the victim has brought dishonor to the family, according to Britannica.
Currently, euthanasia is illegal in Massachusetts. According to Ch. 201D §12 Massachusetts states that "Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to constitute, condone, authorize, or approve suicide or mercy killing or to permit any affirmative or deliberate act to end one's own life other than to permit the natural process of dying". [15]