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

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verb

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Noun
  • Cobb was arrested and charged with murder in the second degree and cruelty to children in the second degree, both felonies, police said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • In other fiction news, there’s a radically new take on the murder-in-a-small-town genre by Chris Kraus, fresh, unusual stories by Katherine Dunn, and a tear-jerker by Mitch Albom, among many others.
    Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • However, cells exposed to PA suffered metabolic failure and inflammatory self-destruction.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2025
  • This dark drama tracks five Irish siblings bound by history, love and a knack for self-destruction.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Families are struggling with rising costs while City Hall wastes millions.
    Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2025
  • This team is too talented and the defense is too good to waste a season waiting for the play caller to develop.
    Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The initial charge of first-degree murder has been reduced to assisting self-murder/manslaughter.
    Frank Fernandez, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2023
Verb
  • Bad books have been made into great movies, and many great books have been butchered on the screen.
    Susan Orlean, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Multiple other locations in central Italy have butchered elephant remains, small stone tools, and larger modified bones.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The quiet denouncement of Bob’s martyrdom complex points to people of color’s self-sufficiency.
    Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Now, was that message — delivered in an expletive-laden two minutes of postgame comments — worth the martyrdom that came in the form of a Game 4 suspension handed down by the WNBA on Saturday for the Lynx coach?
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Neither skill was up to snuff in the first two weeks.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • But Treinen snuffed out the rally by whiffing Adames looking at a full-count 96 mph sinker that nicked the outside corner and Matt Chapman swinging at an 85 mph sweeper that was way outside.
    Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Foldable for easy storage, this set can quickly be put away when inclement weather rolls in.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Phillies play reliever roulette Righty David Robertson entered when Cristopher Sánchez encountered trouble in the sixth, putting away pinch hitter Max Muncy, a lefty batter.
    Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
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“Suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suicide. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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