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suicide
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su·i·cide  (s-sd)
n.
1. The act or an instance of intentionally killing oneself.
2. The destruction or ruin of one's own interests: It is professional suicide to involve oneself in illegal practices.
3. One who commits suicide.

[Latin su, of oneself; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + -cide.]

suicide
Noun
1. the act of killing oneself deliberately: he tried to commit suicide
2. a person who kills himself or herself intentionally
3. the self-inflicted ruin of one's own career or future: such a cut would be political suicide [Latin sui of oneself + caedere to kill]

suicide
1. the killing of oneself.
2. one who has killed himself. — suicidal, adj.
See also: Killing
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.suicidesuicide - the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit suicide"
kill, putting to death, killing - the act of terminating a life
assisted suicide - suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possible
felo-de-se - an act of deliberate self destruction
hara-kiri, harakiri, harikari, seppuku - ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society
suttee - the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
2.suicide - a person who kills himself intentionally
killer, slayer - someone who causes the death of a person or animal
Translations
Spanish suicide [ˈsuɪsaɪd] nsuicidio;
(person) → suicida m/f;
to commit suicide → suicidarse

French suicide [ˈsuɪsaɪd] nsuicide m;
to commit suicide → se suicider;
suicide bombing → attentat m suicide see also commit

German suicide [ˈsuɪsaɪd] n (lit, fig) → Selbstmord m;
(person) → Selbstmörder(in) m(f) see also commit

Italian suicide [ˈsuɪsaɪd] n (= person) → suicida m/f (= act); suicidio;
to commit suicide → suicidarsi

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