as in murders
the act of deliberately killing oneself
teenagers are more prone to suicide because they mistakenly believe their troubles are insurmountable
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Recent Examples of 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
Death of young people, suicides.
—Holly J. McDede, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Deaths not tied illnesses, including homicides, suicides and accidents, began to occur.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 5 Nov. 2025
According to a 2022 report in The Point, then-Captain Tony Best of PVEPD said that, between 2010 and 2015, officers responded to 31 incidents, including suicides, rescues and injuries, along the city’s coastal cliffs.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
And nearly 60% of all deaths from firearm injuries are suicides.
—NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
The goal of the film is to stem the tide of veteran suicides—about 17 a day—by showing those struggling that there is hope.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
The documentary also addressed darker aspects of K-pop close to Lee’s heart, including the suicides of SM Entertainment artists.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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
Death of young people, suicides.
—Holly J. McDede, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Deaths not tied illnesses, including homicides, suicides and accidents, began to occur.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 5 Nov. 2025
According to a 2022 report in The Point, then-Captain Tony Best of PVEPD said that, between 2010 and 2015, officers responded to 31 incidents, including suicides, rescues and injuries, along the city’s coastal cliffs.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
And nearly 60% of all deaths from firearm injuries are suicides.
—NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
The goal of the film is to stem the tide of veteran suicides—about 17 a day—by showing those struggling that there is hope.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
The documentary also addressed darker aspects of K-pop close to Lee’s heart, including the suicides of SM Entertainment artists.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suicides
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The interdisciplinary approach brought the duke’s life and death to a stunning clarity — indicating how analyses can shed new light on age-old mysteries, even murders.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
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But when a series of murders begins to plague Los Angeles, Scout becomes the biggest suspect in the investigation — and the years she’s spent creating her pop singer image are at risk.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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However, what's even more ingenious in setting them apart from other horror villains is how the killer offs their victims by using the rules of horror films against them.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Suicides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suicides. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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