suicide pact

noun

: an agreement between two or more people to kill themselves at the same time

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In 1987, four teenagers in Bergenfield, New Jersey, entered a car in a garage after making a suicide pact, starting the engine and dying minutes later of carbon monoxide poisoning. Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025 The bot suggested that Pierre sacrifice himself to save humanity, even proposing a suicide pact. Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025 Police said that two handwritten notes found at the scene suggest that the women died in an apparent suicide pact, according to the outlets. Abigail Adams, People.com, 18 July 2025 Investigators and evidence technicians found two handwritten notes at the scene, suggesting that the two had mutually agreed on a suicide pact. Ayah Imran, Freep.com, 17 July 2025

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“Suicide pact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suicide%20pact. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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