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

Some of the projects focus educating people about safe firearm storage, including distributing safety devices like gun locks, to prevent accidental shootings and suicides, according to the release. — Renee Anderson, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Two other Mississippi hanging deaths over the past year — those of a Black student at Delta State University and a homeless white man in Vicksburg — also drew widespread attention, but both were deemed to be suicides. — Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

As the Third Reich collapsed, mass suicides claimed the lives of thousands of Germans. — Marta Balaga, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026

The scrutiny is unfolding against Mississippi’s long history of racial violence involving hangings and follows other recent hanging deaths in the state that authorities ruled were suicides. — Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

To lose them both to separate suicides while facing his own mortality as an active athlete requires true fortitude. — Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026

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