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单词 suicide
释义

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.
Compare
manslaughter
murder noun

More examples

  • 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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