Suicide - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsuːɪsaɪd|  American pronunciation of the word suicide
Brit.  |ˈs(j)uːɪsaɪd|  British pronunciation of the word suicide

noun

- the act of killing yourself (syn: self-annihilation, self-destruction)
it is a crime to commit suicide
- a person who kills himself intentionally (syn: felo-de-se)

Extra examples

She had thoughts of suicide.

Authorities have officially ruled the death a suicide.

There were two suicides last year at the university.

Introducing a flat-rate tax would be political suicide.

More people commit suicide at Christmas than at any other time.

My mother attempted suicide on many occasions.

He apparently left a suicide note (=letter explaining his reasons for killing himself).

The suicide rate among men between the ages of 16 and 25 has risen alarmingly.

Many suicides occur in prisons.

As a leader he knows that it is political suicide to appear indecisive.

Buying that house was financial suicide.

She attempted suicide early in their marriage.

...our office drama queen yet again made the melodramatic declaration that he was contemplating suicide...

...shocked by the news that his chief tormentor from elementary school had committed suicide at the age of 30...

...had transient thoughts of suicide but never acted upon them...

Word forms

noun
singular: suicide
plural: suicides
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