Definition of "mercy-killing" []

• Alternative spelling of mercy killing. (noun)
• In sports, a premature ending of a one-sided game or contest due to a mercy rule. (noun)
• Present participle of mercy-kill. (verb)

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• "Pepperdine's first-round loss to Loyola Marymount in the West Coast Conference tournament was a mercy-killing for the Waves."
• "There's no other way of describing it, Clarke says about the mercy-killing scene."
• "“I thought she meant giving soup to dirty people and mercy-killing stray dogs.”"