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Meaning of 'suicide' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Suicide [ adv.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'suicide' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . suicide [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of killing yourself
Example in sentence:
  • it is a crime to commit suicide

Nearby Words:

sui generis suicidal suicidical suicidism suicism suigothus suillage suilline suine suing

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