致命一擊

致命一擊是指人們對受重傷的人或動物發動最後一次攻擊，目的是結束其痛苦或讓其死亡。該行為也被視為對受了致命傷的平民或軍人、友軍或敵軍的安樂死^[1]^[2]。實施致命一擊時有可能會得到受重傷的人的同意，有時則不會。不過對無行動能力的軍人進行致命一擊屬於戰爭罪行：戰爭法規定，在戰爭狀態下，應醫治無行動能力、嚴重傷殘者，不得對其執行安樂死。^[3]

參考文獻

^ Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries, eds. The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005. ISBN 978-0618604999 p. 119.
^ Charles Harrington Elster. The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Complete Opinionated Guide for the Careful Speaker. 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. ISBN 978-0618423156 pp. 110–111.
^ Blum, Gabriella. The Laws of War and the "Lesser Evil". The Yale Journal of International Law. 2010, 35 (1). （原始內容存檔 (PDF)於2022-03-09）.

[AH-1] Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries, eds. The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005. ISBN 978-0618604999 p. 119.

[Elster-2] Charles Harrington Elster. The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Complete Opinionated Guide for the Careful Speaker. 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. ISBN 978-0618423156 pp. 110–111.

[3] Blum, Gabriella. The Laws of War and the "Lesser Evil". The Yale Journal of International Law. 2010, 35 (1). （原始內容存檔 (PDF)於2022-03-09）.

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