suicide

Speech parts

1. suicide - Noun

2. suicide - Verb

Meaning

The act of taking one's own life voluntary and intentionally; self-murder; specifically (Law), the felonious killing of one's self; the deliberate and intentional destruction of one's own life by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind.

One guilty of self-murder; a felo-de-se.

Ruin of one's own interests.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

self-destruction self-annihilation commit suicide life slay kill murder sacrifice disappear martyrdom erase homicide suicidal kamikaze insecticide

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Antonyms

life renascence rise reduction raise recovery

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Hypernyms

slayer kill killing killer putting to death

Hyponyms

hara-kiri seppuku suttee harikari assisted suicide felo-de-se

Phrases with the word

suicide silence planning suicide cell suicide doctor-assisted suicide prevent suicide thinking about suicide

Examples

Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death. Otto von Bismarck

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide. Mahatma Gandhi

Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me - I quit." Bill Maher

Drunkenness is temporary suicide. Bertrand Russell

Never murder a man who is about to commit suicide. German Proverb

Idleness is a sort of suicide. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

suicidality suicidally suicidalness suicide attack suicide attacker suicide attempt