as in murder
the act of deliberately killing oneself
teenagers are more prone to suicide because they mistakenly believe their troubles are insurmountable
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
as in to murder
Related Words
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suicide
Noun
-
And then, in the context of being accused for murder, everything was just highlighted.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
11 Nov. 2025 -
The film tells the story of Christy Martin, a pioneering American boxer, who survived a murder attempt by her trainer-spouse.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 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
-
Buy discounted food that's about to go to waste.—
NPR,
NPR,
11 Nov. 2025
-
China has similarly seen wind and solar energy go to waste because of grid bottlenecks.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
-
Whitewashed cults of martyrdom have sprung up around the January 6th rioters and Charlie Kirk.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
-
The quiet denouncement of Bob’s martyrdom complex points to people of color’s self-sufficiency.—
Robert Daniels,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
To completely butcher a Britney Spears song, our Yautja protagonist, Dek (played by newcomer Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi), is not a boy, not yet a trophy hunter.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
-
At the time that the cut was identified, researchers proposed that the mark proved that First Peoples butchered ancient megafauna.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
Bryan Mbeumo put the issue beyond fleeting doubt after that in Saturday’s 4-2 defeat via further self-destruction, a loose ball into midfield by Milner.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
-
Reprogramming the stem cells led to their self-destruction, said Saptarshi Sinha, interim director of the Center for Precision Computational Systems Network of UC San Diego’s Institute for Network Medicine and the study’s first author.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
The messy, vibrant democracy of my youth is a distant memory, snuffed out by a quarter century of ever harsher authoritarianism.—
Quico Toro,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
-
Singleton perhaps should have taken the credit for snuffing out one of the league’s best and doing so on National Tight Ends Day, no less.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
The Evening Tasks After dinner, closing the house for the night would include making sure the kitchen was entirely tidy (including floors) and everything was put away.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
-
The 49ers’ coaches won’t like that Bethune and his mates couldn’t put away Dart and a weaponless Giants offense late in the game.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suicide. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share