attempt suicide

idiom

: to try to kill oneself

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According to The Trevor Project, LGBTQ+ young people are four times more likely to attempt suicide compared with their peers. Abby Monteil, Them., 23 Apr. 2025 But as the stories grow of ailing or troubled veterans who die or attempt suicide because of their inability to get the VA’s help, these lawmakers can only hide for so long. U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025 State laws targeting transgender people made trans and nonbinary people aged 13 to 24 more likely to attempt suicide in the past year, according to a survey conducted by the Trevor Project, an LGBTQ youth suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization. Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025 According to the American Psychiatric Association, one in five problem gamblers will attempt suicide; that's the highest rate of any addiction. Ted Koppel, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for attempt suicide

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“Attempt suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attempt%20suicide. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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