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assisted suicide

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  1. assisted suicide (noun)
  2. physician-assisted suicide (noun)

assisted suicide

noun

Definition of ASSISTED SUICIDE

: suicide committed by someone with assistance from another person; especially : physician-assisted suicide
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Examples of ASSISTED SUICIDE

  1. a doctor who has been involved in several assisted suicides
  2. an opponent of assisted suicide

First Known Use of ASSISTED SUICIDE

1976

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