as in murder
the act of deliberately killing oneself
teenagers are more prone to suicide because they mistakenly believe their troubles are insurmountable
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Noun
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Their target: a U.S. fugitive linked to multiple murders.—
Aya Al-Hakim,
People.com,
13 July 2025 -
Ten Broward Sheriff’s deputies and sergeants who were entangled in the shocking and chaotic triple murder in Tamarac earlier this year have been recommended for termination, the union representing the sheriff’s office announced.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
13 July 2025
Verb
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Over the past century, people have been cutting down trees to make room for agriculture and development, but cicadas count on those trees for food and mating grounds.—
Sarah Henry,
The Courier-Journal,
8 July 2025
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This also cuts down on mining for new raw materials, which helps reduce carbon emissions.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 July 2025
Noun
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The self-destruction of American power in the Trump years is likely to puzzle future historians.—
KORI SCHAKE,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Betting against Musk has become a high-risk proposition, bordering on financial self-destruction.—
Joel Shulman,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
Verb
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Old and extra light bulbs seem to always end up in a box on a garage shelf, wasting storage space that could be used for other items.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 July 2025
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Everyone's time is valuable, and no one's time should be wasted.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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But on Wednesday, a grand jury indicted her on the charge of assisting self-murder/manslaughter, a first-degree felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison.—
Frank Fernandez,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2023
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The initial charge of first-degree murder has been reduced to assisting self-murder/manslaughter.—
Frank Fernandez,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2023
Verb
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The star of the show on the menu is the fish, aged and butchered in-house by expert Chef Nikos Roussos and his team.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Many were forced to butcher their camels to make ends meet, plunging the population to a low point of 200,000 in Mongolia.—
Matt Dutile,
Travel + Leisure,
21 June 2025
Noun
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Upon martyrdom, they were catapulted into the embrace of God.—
Amir Ahmadi Arian,
The Dial,
10 June 2025
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With a subtle widening of his eyes and smiling curl of his lips, Denzel Washington conveyed a sense not of fear but of relief—that the martyrdom Malcolm had so long envisioned had finally come.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 May 2025
Verb
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After a mastectomy and a hysterectomy, her breast cancer is in remission, but her cervical cancer has been tougher to snuff out.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
1 July 2025
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The pair ventures onto the mainland (with far too few arrows for experienced archers fending off zombies), so that Spike can snuff out a few undead and ostensibly become a man.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
20 June 2025
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“Suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suicide. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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