noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
begging for...mercy
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We could hear the prisoners begging for mercy .
errand of mercy (= journey to help someone in danger )
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He quickly set out on his errand of mercy .
mercy killing
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
flight
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A Home Office spokeswoman confirmed last night that Stansted would be used for all future mercy flights .
killing
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Frankly, it would have been a mercy killing .
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So this would almost be a mercy killing .
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Among those receiving probation orders will be those for whom the section 2 defence is used to mitigate a mercy killing .
mission
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Soldiers now face the harsh reality of their mercy mission in the barren country.
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The authorities also believe if these mercy missions continue it could present long term problems.
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It was the first and last time I was to fly on one of its mercy missions .
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With United Nations help, it's hoped this mercy mission will be the first of many.
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Rival warlords are also holding up mercy missions with feuds over contracts to take food to drought-ravaged towns and villages.
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I had heard of the many mercy missions of the ruler's private planes.
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They already have a Hercules plane running mercy missions to Sarajevo.
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It's undertaken a number of mercy missions such as to the Kurds.
■ VERB
ask
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Nomatterwhat the situation, she would not ask Nicolo for mercy .
beg
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I wanted to cry, weep and beg the Almighty for mercy .
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Leonor has begged mercy for Manrique but the Count refuses.
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Mad faces pushed against the grilles in the doors, tortured ones begging for mercy .
cry
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Could make him cry for mercy .
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In self-defense Jack calls on his stick, which beats the father until he cries for mercy .
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They cried for mercy but their pleas were met with abuse and laughter.
hear
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Lord in your mercy - hear our prayer.
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Lord, in Your mercy Hear our prayer.
leave
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Either by accident or as punishment for his sins, she had left him to the mercy of the Bogeyman.
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Abolitionists in both the North and South were left to the mercy of local officials who usually refused protection.
plead
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The elder brother was shot in the stomach as he knelt pleading for mercy .
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The class have to plead for mercy on his behalf, but the King's envoy will only accept written pleas.
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The killer was not hit but lay pleading for mercy .
put
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With monarchy, the essential problem is that power is put at the mercy of relatives and genetics.
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No industrialist liked to put himself at the mercy of creditors.
show
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They showed a mercy to house and land which they denied to flesh and blood.
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He showed no mercy to his beaten adversaries, dead or alive.
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It is not that they showed no mercy on the streets of Jericho.
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The forest had cornered its greatest enemy, and would show no mercy .
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And hey, the Wizard King could show mercy too.
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He showed no mercy to anyone.
throw
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You're so sweet I just wanted to throw myself on your mercy and beg you to help me.
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I would throw myself on the mercy of the circuit-house, usually reserved for traveling politicians and sundry bigwigs.
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For a craven moment she was tempted to go back and throw herself on the mercy of the landlady.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be thankful/grateful for small mercies/favours
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From now on she could be grateful for small mercies and be content to take one step at a time.
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She wondered wryly whether to be thankful for small mercies, or to feel insulted.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Mercy , mercy, mercy, he croaked, his first surrender to fatalism.
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Even compassion for a man so much at the mercy of his physical urges.
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It is not that they showed no mercy on the streets of Jericho.
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Priest: Lord, have mercy .
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This man had no mercy on the people he killed.
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We are at the mercy of our own detachment.
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With monarchy, the essential problem is that power is put at the mercy of relatives and genetics.