Meaning

(uncountable) The act of intentionally killing oneself..

Definitions by Sense

1. (uncountable) The act of intentionally killing oneself.
2. (countable) A particular instance of a person intentionally killing oneself, or of multiple people doing so.
3. (countable) A person who has intentionally killed themself.
4. (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.
5. (countable, US, slang) A beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain.
6. 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.
7. (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.
8. A children's game of throwing a ball against a wall and at other players, who are eliminated by being struck.

Example Sentences

As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

The cowardice of suicide was abhorrent to him.

I realize and I can see / That suicide is painless / It brings on many changes / And I can take or leave it if I please

Other global taboos, such as sex and suicide, manifest themselves widely online, with websites offering suicide guides and Hot XXX Action seconds away at the click of a button. […]

There had been half a dozen mysterious suicides which had been investigated by Scotland Yard.

In this way the Heaven's Gate community were not only escaping the threat of 'global destruction', they were hurling themselves directly into 'the lap of God', using their suicide as a way of 'bridging the chasm' between an earthly world which had no future and 'a thousand years of unmitigated peace'.

Prosser's focus on mental health in particular also led him to the (sometimes) life-threatening ways this can affect all of us, whether we work on the railway or not. In 2020-21, there were 247 suicides or suspected suicides on the national network - that's one every 35 hours.

"I remember one suicide," she said to Philip, "who threw himself into the Thames."

Word Forms

• suicides
• suiciding
• suicided

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