suicide n - definition in American English Dictionary

suicide

/ˈsu·əˌsɑɪd/ n [C/U]

› the act of killing yourself intentionally:

[U] She threatened to commit suicide.

› Suicide can also refer to any act that has the effect of causing defeat:

[U] It would be political suicide for him to refuse to support his own party’s platform.

(Definition of suicide n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to compete for a position in a sports team or a part in a play

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