Synonyms of suicides

suicides 1 of 2

noun

plural of suicide

as in murders

the act of deliberately killing oneself

teenagers are more prone to suicide because they mistakenly believe their troubles are insurmountable

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murders
• martyrdoms
• assassinations
• homicides
• self-murders
• self-slaughters
• self-destructions
• killings
• slayings
• manslaughters
• executions
• euthanasias
• foul play
• rubouts
• hara-kiris
• dispatches
• mercy killings
• blood
• chance-medleys

suicides

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of suicide

as in cuts down

Related Words

• murders
• cuts down
• offs
• wastes
• butchers
• massacres
• finishes
• claims
• snuffs
• takes out
• kills
• rubs out
• whacks
• slaughters
• knocks off
• ices
• puts away
• dispatches
• neutralizes
• destroys
• slays
• carries off
• bumps off
• fells
• does in
• kills off
• scrags
• martyrs
• croaks
• gets
• mows
• smites
• blots out
• decimates
• annihilates
• assassinates
• takes
• executes
• terminates
• euthanizes
• puts down

Dissimilar Words

• animates
• raises
• revives
• restores
• resurrects
• resuscitates
• nurtures

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of suicides

Noun

Led by Inspector Ӧnem, the team (which works out of a basement) deals with honor killings, suicides, and exploitation. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026

Of the 19 deaths, 15 were reported as natural; one as accidental and three as suicides. — Tj Rhodes, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 28 Aug. 2026

Myers Park students have endured a series of suicides in recent years, including the death last fall of Parker South, a friend of members of the Community Problem Solvers team. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026

Those hangings were ultimately ruled as suicides, but widespread criticism of the investigation into the death of Nolan Xavier Wells, off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast last month, has further led to questions about how Fortune died. — Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

The launch comes as OpenAI faces its own lawsuits stemming from several youth suicides. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026

The lawsuits claim the chatbots led to or supported the individuals in their suicides. — Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 18 Aug. 2026

The lack of access to institutional credit and chronic indebtedness is also seen by some researchers as a contributing factor to the phenomenon of farmer suicides in rural India. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026

What stands out to her in this case as a statistical anomaly is the stabbings; according to Violence Free Minnesota, a gun is used in 85% of intimate partner homicide-suicides. — Conor Wight, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026