suicide 1 of 2

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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suicide

2 of 2

verb

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Noun
  • Francisco Javier Sanchez-Juarez, 28, and Jeffrey Josue Diaz, 24, are charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in connection to the incident.
    Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2025
  • Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office homicide detectives, who took over the case from Florida City police, booked Fisher into Metro West Detention Center on a second-degree murder charge.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • This can seriously cut down the chances of data breaches, especially since the institution isn’t holding onto all that sensitive personal info in one place.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • The multi-coated glass cuts down on chromatic aberrations (distortion or color fringing sometimes seen around objects in bright sunlight).
    Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • The self-destruction of American power in the Trump years is likely to puzzle future historians.
    KORI SCHAKE, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
  • Betting against Musk has become a high-risk proposition, bordering on financial self-destruction.
    Joel Shulman, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Verb
  • Close more deals, waste less time, and build trust faster than ever before.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Let what’s leaving go swiftly, and don’t waste time looking back.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The initial charge of first-degree murder has been reduced to assisting self-murder/manslaughter.
    Frank Fernandez, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2023
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
  • Upon martyrdom, they were catapulted into the embrace of God.
    Amir Ahmadi Arian, The Dial, 10 June 2025
  • 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
  • Miss it, and you’re forced to restart the level until your composition is up to snuff.
    Luke Winkie, Vulture, 18 June 2025
  • One of those projects not to move forward was Patty Jenkins’ third Wonder Woman movie which wasn’t up to snuff.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 10 June 2025
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“Suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suicide. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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