assisted suicide

assisted suicide

n.

Suicide accomplished with the aid of another person, especially a physician.

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Noun

1.

assisted suicide - suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possible self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide - the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit suicide" physician-assisted suicide - assisted suicide where the assistant is a physician