as in suicides
the act of deliberately killing oneself
members of the cult decided to hasten the end of their time in this world—and the start of their life in the next—with an orgy of self-slaughter
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suicides
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Fewer than half were ruled suicides.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025 -
Seven lawsuits filed this week in California allege that ordinary users seeking school help, spiritual reassurance, or simple conversation were instead drawn into psychologically damaging exchanges that ultimately preceded several suicides.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Self-slaughters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-slaughters. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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