adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
release
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Those animals put down had a merciful release .
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Death had been a merciful release for him.
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And Elinor was just going to have to wait for her merciful release .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Merciful God
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A merciful amnesia usually came with these comas and who could deny it was a blessing?
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But the reality is, ladies and gentlemen, I am being merciful .
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Le Bon Seigneur had been merciful to the Grand Duke and accorded him a fine day.
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While he was still fumbling four more of the shrieks blasted out of the ether; then there was a merciful silence.
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Who am I to be merciful ?