Sekirov Dictionary

suicide

UK /ˈs(j)uːɪˌsaɪd/US /ˈsuɪˌsaɪd/

noun 9
verb 3
forms 3
phrases 1

noun9

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the act of someone ending their own life on purpose
- As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide. — 1838
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A particular instance of a person intentionally killing oneself, or of multiple people doing so.
- There had been half a dozen mysterious suicides which had been investigated by Scotland Yard. — 1919
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(figurative) 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.
- […] I do not want the Congress or the country to commit fiscal suicide on the installment plan. — 1959
[before a noun] Pertaining to a suicide bombing.
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A person who has intentionally killed themself.
- "I remember one suicide," she said to Philip, "who threw himself into the Thames." — 1915
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A run comprising a series of sprints of increasing lengths, each followed immediately by a return to the start, with no pause between one sprint and the next.
- The coach makes us run suicides at the end of each basketball practice.
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(US, slang) A beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain.
- Using Coca-Cola as a base, a suicide called for the addition of every other flavor available. — 2000
A children's game of throwing a ball against a wall and at other players, who are eliminated by being struck.
A diabolo trick where one of the sticks is released and allowed to rotate 360° round the diabolo until it is caught by the hand that released it.

verb3

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To intentionally kill oneself.
- "Her husband suicided three years ago. Just like a man!" — 1917
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(figurative) To destroy or self-destruct.
- Here in America we just called them survivors, after the Chinese suicided their psychotic society in the seventies, and destroyed most of urban America in the process. — 2010
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To kill (someone) and make their death appear to have been a suicide rather than a homicide (now especially as part of a conspiracy).
- Even if he did get charged, he would be suicided long before he could involve one of the city's most important politicians in the scam. — 2011

forms

suicided · suiciding · suicides

Phrases with suicide

professional suicide
An action by a person that is expected to ruin their own career.

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