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
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Their 32-year-old son, Nick Reiner, has been charged with their murder, accused of fatally stabbing them.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026 -
Officials identified the man as Grant Parker, who had been arrested last month on suspicion of murder.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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The initial charge of first-degree murder has been reduced to assisting self-murder/manslaughter.—
Frank Fernandez,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2023
Verb
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Meanwhile, Ingoglia has flatly ignored the way the state’s $117 billion budget keeps swelling, or the millions that DeSantis has wasted in foolish political stunts.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
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War wastes innocent lives, trillions of dollars and time better spent on, for example, global climate change and the necessary global cooperation needed to address it.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
14 Mar. 2026
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Indian social and women’s rights activist, educationist, Syeda Saiyidain Hameed during the Iran Embassy opens condolence book on the martyrdom of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on March 5, 2026 in New Delhi, India.—
Amitoj Singh,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2026
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But while Americans saw the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a way to weaken his regime, there’s some reason to think that Khamenei welcomed his own martyrdom as a way to strengthen it.—
Nicholas D. Kristof,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Or perhaps the dissidents simply do not want to get butchered like the others.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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At first, the recruits wonder if this is all part of the big test, though when the machine starts butchering them, the sole survivors realise that something else is up.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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Konrad, 24, drifts between Berlin’s techno clubs and a slow self-destruction until summoned to identify a body that may be his mother’s – a German internationalist guerrilla fighter who abandoned him when a child.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2026
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The ten-month time jump has helped Whitaker feel more comfortable at work, Howell says, but even he was thrown by Robby’s seeming gesture of trust — and, maybe, self-destruction.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Signing Willis alone should snuff any notion that the new regime is overtly tanking, NBA style, to lose big with (very) high draft picks in mind.—
Greg Cote
Updated March 17,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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The culture war is burning too hot for a class war to snuff it out anytime soon.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Get the Kitchen in Gear Anything left in your sink or on your countertops should be dealt with and either put away or loaded into the washer.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Mar. 2026
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Musa, who had two goals in a season-opening win over Toronto, put away the rebound of his own shot in the 41st minute — the first goal conceded by San Diego this season — and converted from the spot in the 54th.—
Apress,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suicide. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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