sui·cide
ˈsü-ə-ˌsīd
plural suicides
1
a
: the act or an instance of ending one's own life voluntarily and intentionally
had thoughts of suicide
die by suicide = commit suicide
b
: ruin of one's own interests
political suicide
c
: apoptosis
cell suicide
2
: someone who dies by or attempts suicide
: of or relating to suicide
especially
: being or performing a deliberate act resulting in the voluntary death of the person who does it
a suicide mission
a suicide bomber
suicided; suiciding; suicides
intransitive + transitive
: to die by suicide : to kill (oneself) voluntarily and intentionally
Grieving relatives might be left feeling shamed, isolated or unsupported by strangers or acquaintances who assumed that the loved one had "suicided."—Rachel E. Gross
Still, [asylum seeker Navaratnam] Kamalthas wondered each day if he made the right choice. … "I think about suiciding myself," Kamalthas said from jail.—The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon)
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