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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

gun shot

what is a single shot to head in order to kill called?
  

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If self-inflicted, "Suicide". If done by another person deliberately, either "Execution" or "Murder" or perhaps "Mercy killing". If it isn't a human head, then perhaps "Putting the animal out of its misery"

— Wilpeter

  • If self-inflicted, "Suicide".
  • If done by another person deliberately, either "Execution" or "Murder" or perhaps "Mercy killing".
  • If it isn't a human head, then perhaps "Putting the animal out of its misery"
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If self-inflicted, "Suicide". If done by another person deliberately, either "Execution" or "Murder" or perhaps "Mercy killing". If it isn't a human head, then perhaps "Putting the animal out of its misery"
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In the US this is often phrased as: "shot in the head execution-style."
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Have a look at coup de grace.
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