suicide

noun

/ˈsuːɪsaɪd/

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[uncountable, countable] the act of killing yourself deliberately
- to commit suicide
- an attempted suicide (= one in which the person survives)
- a suicide bomber (= who expects to die while trying to kill other people with a bomb)
see also assisted suicide
Extra Examples
- Her death was ruled an apparent suicide.
- Members of the sect committed mass suicide.
- He slashed his wrists in a failed suicide attempt.
- He was put on suicide watch earlier in his prison term.
- There is no evidence that he is a suicide risk.
- a suicide bomb attack on a military convoy
- the questions surrounding euthanasia and assisted suicide
- the ritual suicide of a widow on her husband's funeral pyre
Topics Crime and punishmentc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- attempted
- collective
- double
- …
verb + suicide
- commit
- attempt
- consider
- …
suicide + noun
- risk
- threat
- attempt
- …
See full entry
[uncountable] a course of action that is likely to destroy your career, position in society, etc.
- It would have been political suicide for him to challenge the allegations in court.
Extra Examples
- That's asking them to commit career suicide.
- Wearing shoes like that would be social suicide.
[countable] (formal) a person who commits suicide

Word Originmid 17th cent.: from modern Latin suicida ‘act of suicide’, suicidium ‘person who commits suicide’, from Latin sui ‘of oneself’ + caedere ‘kill’.

单词	suicide
释义	suicide noun /ˈsuːɪsaɪd/ /ˈsuːɪsaɪd/ jump to other results [uncountable, countable] the act of killing yourself deliberately to commit suicide an attempted suicide (= one in which the person survives) a suicide bomber (= who expects to die while trying to kill other people with a bomb) see also assisted suicide Extra Examples Her death was ruled an apparent suicide. Members of the sect committed mass suicide. He slashed his wrists in a failed suicide attempt. He was put on suicide watch earlier in his prison term. There is no evidence that he is a suicide risk. a suicide bomb attack on a military convoy the questions surrounding euthanasia and assisted suicide the ritual suicide of a widow on her husband's funeral pyre Topics Crime and punishmentc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective attempted collective double … verb + suicide commit attempt consider … suicide + noun risk threat attempt … See full entry [uncountable] a course of action that is likely to destroy your career, position in society, etc. It would have been political suicide for him to challenge the allegations in court. Extra Examples That's asking them to commit career suicide. Wearing shoes like that would be social suicide. [countable] (formal) a person who commits suicide Word Originmid 17th cent.: from modern Latin suicida ‘act of suicide’, suicidium ‘person who commits suicide’, from Latin sui ‘of oneself’ + caedere ‘kill’.
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