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

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

Murder-suicides rampant in the US About nine murder-suicides happen each week in the United States, according to a study released in April by the research group Violence Policy Center. — Tim Hrenchir, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026

Multiple school shooters have attempted to live-stream their attacks; other people have broadcast their suicides. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026

Reuters reported that more than a dozen student suicides were linked to the cancellation. — Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

The connections between Madison’s death and the suicides of multiple teenagers and young adults who also spoke obsessively with ChatGPT are clear. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 23 July 2026

The debacle, which came on the heels of similar higher-education scandals, was linked to roughly a dozen student suicides, and a retest in June did little to calm public outrage. — Aakash Hassan, Christian Science Monitor, 23 July 2026

France’s new ban against minors using social media comes as several families in the country have sued TikTok, alleging that the app has caused a rise in teenage suicides, the Associated Press reported. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

Jefferson said even when lynchings were once done in public, authorities would sometimes officially label them suicides. — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026