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
Michelle Krupa, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026
As these conversations become integrated into the fabric of the gun-owning community, storage norms will shift, with the hope for a future in which suicides are significantly reduced.
—Russell Lemle, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Families have filed a flurry of cases involving suicides and deaths by people who turned to these products for companionship and therapy.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2026
The report also excludes suicides, though Alexander said the organization is continuing discussions about how to recognize and honor those officers.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
His duties include determining the cause and manner of deaths and ordering autopsies in homicides, suicides, accidents, drug overdoses or deaths with undetermined causes because the county doesn't have a medical examiner.
—Claire Osborn, Austin American Statesman, 4 Jan. 2026
OpenAI has faced multiple wrongful death lawsuits this year, alleging ChatGPT encouraged users’ delusions, and claiming conversations with the bot were linked to some users’ suicides.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2025
In 2019 and 2020, federal investigators responded to patient deaths, including two suicides in six months at Northcoast.
—Sarah Jane Tribble, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
Several lawsuits allege that OpenAI’s models contributed to suicides among young people.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
Noun
Mental illness is a strong causal factor in suicides, studies show.
—Michelle Krupa, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026
As these conversations become integrated into the fabric of the gun-owning community, storage norms will shift, with the hope for a future in which suicides are significantly reduced.
—Russell Lemle, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Families have filed a flurry of cases involving suicides and deaths by people who turned to these products for companionship and therapy.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2026
The report also excludes suicides, though Alexander said the organization is continuing discussions about how to recognize and honor those officers.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
His duties include determining the cause and manner of deaths and ordering autopsies in homicides, suicides, accidents, drug overdoses or deaths with undetermined causes because the county doesn't have a medical examiner.
—Claire Osborn, Austin American Statesman, 4 Jan. 2026
OpenAI has faced multiple wrongful death lawsuits this year, alleging ChatGPT encouraged users’ delusions, and claiming conversations with the bot were linked to some users’ suicides.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2025
In 2019 and 2020, federal investigators responded to patient deaths, including two suicides in six months at Northcoast.
—Sarah Jane Tribble, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
Several lawsuits allege that OpenAI’s models contributed to suicides among young people.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suicides
Noun
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The state only has to prove that McKee intended and accomplished the murders.—
Elise Hammond,
CNN Money,
13 Jan. 2026
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Capote got the go-ahead from The New Yorker’s editor, William Shawn, to delineate the effects the murders were having on the small Kansas community.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
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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 20 Jan. 2026.
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