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assisted suicide
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
assisted suicide
(noun)
physician–assisted suicide
(noun)
assisted suicide
noun
plural
assisted suicides
assisted suicide
noun
plural
assisted suicides
Britannica Dictionary definition of ASSISTED SUICIDE
:
suicide with help from another person (such as a doctor) to end suffering from severe physical illness
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a doctor who has been involved in several
assisted suicides
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an opponent of
assisted suicide
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