Suicide

Quick meaning: Suicide is a noun meaning (uncountable) The act of intentionally killing oneself.

Meaning

(uncountable) The act of intentionally killing oneself.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

The cowardice of suicide was abhorrent to him.

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

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

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

Word Forms

• suicides
• suiciding
• suicided

Synonyms for suicide

Depending on context, synonyms include autohomicide, self-blood, self-deletion, self-killing, self-slaughter, self-slaying.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicidal, suicidality, self-immolation, self-inflicted.

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