assisted suicide
noun
plural assisted suicides
: the act of suicide carried out by someone with assistance from another person
especially
: physician-assisted suicide
Examples of assisted suicide in a Sentence
a doctor who has been involved in several assisted suicides
an opponent of assisted suicide
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Now!, another Sundance doc about the landmark 1988 student protest that transformed accessibility rights in the U.S.; and Life After, where director Reid Davenport investigates assisted suicide laws for disabled people.
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2025
Marijuana legalization, assisted suicide, voting procedures and school curriculum are additional examples of issues where states have set their own policies.
—Claire B. Wofford, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025
Canada under Trudeau expanded the culture of death to adults as well, legalizing medically assisted suicide in 2016 and then expanding the situations in which it is permitted in 2021.
—The Editors, National Review, 7 Jan. 2025
According to the report, the woman had been considering assisted suicide for two years, since being diagnosed with skull base osteomyelitis.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2025
Marijuana legalization, assisted suicide, voting procedures and school curriculum are additional examples of issues where states have set their own policies.
—Claire B. Wofford, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025
Canada under Trudeau expanded the culture of death to adults as well, legalizing medically assisted suicide in 2016 and then expanding the situations in which it is permitted in 2021.
—The Editors, National Review, 7 Jan. 2025
According to the report, the woman had been considering assisted suicide for two years, since being diagnosed with skull base osteomyelitis.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for assisted suicide
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“Assisted suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assisted%20suicide. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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assisted suicide
noun
variants
also assisted death
: the act of suicide carried out by someone with assistance from another person
Surveys also show assisted suicides are taking place covertly, often without a doctor's help.—Mark O'Keefe, The Sunday Oregonian (Portland, Oregon)
Mark O'Keefe, The Sunday Oregonian (Portland, Oregon)
especially
: physician-assisted suicide
Six of the 15 patients who chose assisted suicide in the act's first year had to ask more than one doctor before finding a physician who would write a lethal prescription. —Barry Siegel, The Los Angeles Times
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