SUICIDE Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈsü-ə-ˌsīd

Definition of suicide

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

One of the three Vallejo men considered suspects in the kidnapping and murder of Avtar Singh has been arrested, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office said on Saturday.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Greenfield resident Donald William Breeden was arrested and booked into Monterey County Jail on two counts of murder with criminal street gang enhancements, according to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of murder

Verb

If the war does indeed come to an end and oil keeps falling, Warsh might get breathing room for rate cuts down the line.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 16 June 2026
Courtesy of the Abu Haikal family Haikal said his family’s own homes have been targeted in settler attacks, including having stones thrown at their home, their crops destroyed, trees cut down and property stolen.

— Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 16 June 2026

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She is charged with first-degree murder and assisting self-murder, which in Florida is treated like a manslaughter offense.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
She has been charged with first-degree murder and assisting self-murder, a second-degree felony in Florida punishable by a maximum of 15 years in prison.

— Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026

Definition of self-murder

Noun

Before his martyrdom, Hippolytus abandoned his schismatic stance and claim to the papacy, and was restored to communion with the Church by Pope Pontian.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
Alluding to the attack only in the title, Anedda notes a few events showing the effects, patterns and tasks of an illustrator, the men seeking martyrdom, as well as the earthworms, gnats and the snail working the soil.

— Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of martyrdom

Verb

Thornburg butchered three of the people over seven days in September 2021 at the Mid City Inn in Euless.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
During that collection and delivery, one or two animals are donated for harvest, or butchering, to Native American communities.

— Christa Swanson, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of butcher

Noun

Watching Starr’s self-destruction was not so much a lesson for Herrmann but a vivid example that reinforced the principles that have long guided his work.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 12 Nov. 2026
His legacy was one of self-destruction, an elite major leaguer who drank himself out of the game, squandering his potential for greatness.

— Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of self-destruction

Verb

To conclude the first half, KU snuffed a UCF drive at the Jayhawks’ 36.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2026
Alberto Sierra, who admitted to snuffing out the lives of his estranged wife and her two young daughters with a plastic Sedano’s Supermarket bag, should be executed for his crimes, a jury said Tuesday.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026

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