Coup de grâce

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A coup de grâce (; French: [ku də ɡʁɑs] lit. 'blow of mercy') is a mercy killing in which a mortally wounded person or animal is struck with a weapon or shot with a projectile to kill it quickly and end its suffering, with or without its consent.

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