suicidenoun
uk/ˈsuː.ɪ.saɪd/us/ˈsuː.ə.saɪd/suicide noun (DEATH)
B2 [ C or U ] the act of killing yourself intentionally, or a person who has done this:
to attempt/commit suicide
The suicide rate among men between the ages of 16 and 25 has risen alarmingly.
Many suicides occur in prisons.
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manslaughter
murder noun
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- All the evidence points to suicide.
- The family were shattered at the news of Annabel's suicide.
- She tried to commit suicide by slashing her wrists.
- The prime suspect in the case committed suicide.
- When the scandal broke , the company director committed suicide.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Killing
- assisted suicide
- commit suicide idiom
- decimation
- destroy
- do for sb/sth
- drown
- early
- electrocute
- end it (all) idiom
- fatal
- finish
- hara-kiri
- immolate
- killer
- life-threatening
- mercy killing
- mortally
- shooting
- slaughterhouse
- terminal
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suicide noun (DEFEAT)
[ U ] any act that has the effect of causing your own defeat:
[ + to infinitive ] As a leader he knows that it is political suicide to appear indecisive.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing difficulties for oneself or others
- be a tall order idiom
- be asking for trouble idiom
- be your own worst enemy idiom
- bugger
- bugger sb about
- dig
- lay
- lay yourself open to attack, criticism, ridicule, etc. idiom
- like pulling teeth idiom
- make a rod for your own back idiom
- make heavy weather of sth idiom
- overburden
- pose
- shoot
- spell trouble idiom
- store
- store sth up
- store up trouble/problems idiom
- subject sb/sth to sth
- wrong-foot
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