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US
/ˈsuəˌsaɪd, ˈsuɪˌsaɪd/
]
[ UK /sˈuːɪsˌaɪd/ ]
[ UK /sˈuːɪsˌaɪd/ ]
NOUN
-
the act of killing yourself
it is a crime to commit suicide - a person who kills himself intentionally
How To Use suicide In A Sentence
- Airline officials are calling the attack a suicide attempt.
- And it was Charlie’s indirect responsibility that he committed suicide, thus ending that marriage in acrimony and despair. Patrick McGrath’s ‘Trauma’ « Tales from the Reading Room
- One of the most significant concerns presented by opponents is that suicide ideation is most likely a symptom of psychopathology.
- Her suicide bid was an attempt to run away from reality.
- He's bent on suicide.
- Mum didn't want that to happen. Committing suicide was a mortal sin.
- Until the carabiner pulled tight on the rigging, it seemed from the helicopter that he'd gone over in a suicide dive. MINUTES TO BURN
- The suicide rate among men between the ages of 16 and 25 has risen alarmingly.
- The students seemed to offer another option for an administration already grappling with sabo -- teurs in Iraq and suicide bombers in Israel: to sit back and wait for a second Iranian revolution. Firefight Over Iran
- Yes, he disowns his mother and his wife attempted suicide as a result of being publicly slandered by him, but we also know how much he cares about his daughter.