suicide
noun [C or U] (DEATH) /ˈsuː.ɪ.saɪd/Definition
B2 the act of killing yourself intentionally, or a person who has done this: to attempt/commit suicide The suicide rate among men between the ages of 16 and 25 has risen alarmingly. Many suicides occur in prisons. → Compare manslaughter, murder nounKillingMurder and attempted murder
(Definition of suicide noun (DEATH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- butchery noun
- carnage noun
- claim sb's life idiom
- deadly adjective (VERY DANGEROUS)
- destroy verb
- drive/send sb to an early grave idiom
- drown verb (DIE)
- exterminate verb
- fatal adjective
- finish sb/sth off phrasal verb (KILL)
- kamikaze adjective
- knacker's yard noun
- life-threatening adjective
- liquidate verb (KILL)
- malignant adjective (DISEASE)
- polish sb off phrasal verb
- put sth out of its misery idiom
- right to die noun
- terminal adjective (ILLNESS)
- wring verb
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