suicide
The act of intentionally killing oneself.
Noun 4 meanings
The act of intentionally killing oneself.
A particular instance of a person intentionally killing oneself, or of multiple people doing so.
A person who has intentionally killed themself.
An action that could cause the literal or figurative death of a person or organization, although death may not be the aim of the action.
“political suicide”
Verb 3 meanings
To intentionally kill oneself.
To kill (someone) and make their death appear to have been a suicide rather than a homicide (now especially as part of a conspiracy).
To destroy or self-destruct.
Etymology
First attested in Thomas Browne's Religio Medici (1643) in noun sense 1, ostensibly from New Latin suīcīdium, from suī (genitive reflexive pronoun) + -cīdium (“act of killing or murder”), but often believed to have originated in English before entering Latin.
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SUICIDE at a glance
SUICIDE has 7 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (S 1 + U 1 + I 1 + C 3 + I 1 + D 2 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,354 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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