suicide
[noun]
Synonyms: felo-de-se, hara-kiri, self-destruction, self-murder, self-slaughter, self-violence

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

su‧i‧cide /ˈsuːəsaɪd, ˈsuːɪsaɪd, ˈsjuː- $ ˈsuː-/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: sui 'of oneself' + English -cide]

1. the act of killing yourself:
More people commit suicide at Christmas than at any other time.
My mother attempted suicide on many occasions.
He apparently left a suicide note on his desk (=letter explaining his reasons for killing himself).

2. political/economic suicide something you do that ruins your good position in politics or the economy:
He said a vote for Labour would be a vote for economic suicide.

3. suicide attack/mission/bombing etc an attack etc in which the person who carries out the attack deliberately kills himself or herself in the process of killing other people

4. suicide by cop American English an occasion when someone deliberately threatens a police officer in order to make the police officer shoot, as a way of committing suicide

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

suicide
noun
ADJ. attempted | mass Members of the sect committed mass suicide.
economic | electoral, political Raising taxes before an election would be political suicide.
VERB + SUICIDE commit | attempt | contemplate
SUICIDE + NOUN threat | attempt, bid He slashed his wrists in a failed suicide bid.
pact The couple died together in a suicide pact.
bomber, bombing | mission | letter, note He died without leaving a suicide note.
rate

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

suicide

commit suicide (=kill yourself)
Most people who commit suicide have had depressive illnesses.
attempt suicide (=try to kill yourself)
She had attempted suicide twice.
contemplate suicide (=think that you might try to kill yourself)
I contemplated suicide on several occasions after my daughter died.
a suicide attempt
He was admitted to a psychiatric facility after a suicide attempt.
a suicide bid (=a suicide attempt – used in news reports)
The singer was rushed to hospital after an apparent suicide bid.
a suicide note (=a letter in which someone explains their reasons for killing themselves)
He left a suicide note for his two teenage children saying ‘Please forgive me.’
a suicide threat (=when someone says that they will kill themselves)
Depression may sometimes lead to suicide threats.
a suicide pact (=an agreement that two or more people make to kill themselves at the same time)
She shot her husband and herself in a suicide pact.
the suicide rate (=the number of people who kill themselves)
The suicide rate among former soldiers is very high.
mass suicide (=when many people commit suicide together)
He ordered his followers to commit mass suicide.
assisted suicide (=when someone such as a doctor helps a very ill person commit suicide)
Thirty-four other states have adopted similar laws banning assisted suicide.

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