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单词 self-killed
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self-killedadj.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈkɪld/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈkɪld/
Forms: see self- prefix and killed adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, killed adj.
Etymology: < self- prefix + killed adj. Compare earlier self-killing n.
That has been killed or destroyed by one's own hand, esp. (of a person) that has committed suicide.
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the world > life > death > killing > suicide > [adjective] > having committed suicide
self-slaughtered1594
self-murdered1598
self-killed1609
self-slain1615
self-immolated1799
suicided1841
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets vi. sig. B2 Treasure thou some place, With beautits [sic] treasure ere it be selfe kil'd.
a1648 Ld. Herbert Occas. Verses (1665) 52 When you dy, your brave self-kill'd Generall (For nothing else can kill him) doth end all.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1664 And now ly'st victorious Among thy slain self-kill'd . View more context for this quotation
1856 Evening Star 27 Nov. 2/3 A verdict of felo de se has been returned on the body of the self-killed murderer.
1890 Amer. Practitioner & News 8 Nov. 291/2 We see a man blessed with every thing that makes life enjoyable..suddenly, in a moment, pass forever out into the unknown, self-killed.
1927 Washington Post 8 Mar. 5/2 (headline) Stricken father defends self-killed boy's memory.
1998 R. Price Roxanna Slade (1999) 73 In those old days when you could find..your quiet brother hanging dead by the neck from the stable loft—self-killed and nobody understood the reason.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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