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suicide
Synonyms and Antonyms of suicide
the act of deliberately killing oneself teenagers are more prone to suicide because they mistakenly believe their troubles are insurmountable Synonyms self-destruction, self-murder, self-slaughter Related Words hara-kiri (also hari-kiri); martyrdom; blood, foul play, homicide, murder, rubout, slaying; chance-medley, dispatch, killing, manslaughter; assassination, execution; euthanasia, mercy killing
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