suicide

IPA: sˈuʌsaɪd

noun

  • (uncountable) Intentional killing of oneself.
  • (countable) A particular instance of a person intentionally killing themselves, or of multiple people doing so.
  • (countable) A person who has intentionally killed themselves.
  • (figuratively) An action that could cause the literal or figurative death of a person or organization, although death is not the aim of the action.
  • (countable, US, slang) A beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain.
  • A diabolo trick where one of the sticks is released and allowed to rotate 360° round the diabolo until it is caught by the hand that released it.
  • (countable) A run comprising a series of sprints of increasing lengths, each followed immediately by a return to the start, with no pause between one sprint and the next.
  • A children's game of throwing a ball against a wall and at other players, who are eliminated by being struck.
  • (attributive) Pertaining to a suicide bombing.

verb

  • (intransitive) To kill oneself intentionally.
  • (transitive) To kill (someone) and make their death appear to have been a suicide rather than a homicide (now especially as part of a conspiracy).
  • To self-destruct.
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Examples of "suicide" in Sentences

  • The criminal committed a suicide.
  • The man then committed suicide in the cellar.
  • The nurse's role is the prevention of suicide.
  • The nurse's role is to prevent patients' suicide.
  • A dejected Bhanu commits suicide at the age of 27.
  • He committed matricide before he committed suicide.
  • The man killed a receptionist and committed suicide.
  • His attempts fail and cause the exterminator to commit suicide.
  • Altruistic suicide is suicide committed for the benefit of others.
  • Dipendra was accused of patricide and of committing suicide thereafter.

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