self-murder
noun
Suicide.Suicidal Terror's only possible victory lies in the pointless self-murder of its last happy martyr....
- In fact, the word ' suicide ' replaced ' self-murder ' only in the eighteenth century.
- During the high Middle Ages, civil legislation against self-murder was enacted in the majority of Western European states.
Derivatives
self-murderer
- If necessary, the murderous self-murderer can even make do without such second-hand justifications altogether.