suiciding

Definition of suicidingnext
present participle of suicide

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for suiciding
Verb
  • What happened Israel’s parliament on Monday gave final approval to legislation that makes death by hanging the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis.
    Peter Weber, TheWeek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Israel’s parliament approved death penalty by hanging for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis, making capital punishment the default sentence in military courts.
    Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • First-year manager Craig Stammen is wasting little time getting his bench players into the starting lineup.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Shares of Sarepta rose more than 20% in early trading Wednesday after the company presented preliminary data on a pair of treatments for rare, muscle-wasting diseases.
    Damian Garde, STAT, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The Pentagon has generally lumped it into the first objective of destroying Iran’s missile capability.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • But there may be an answer, or at least a compromise that will satisfy those unhappy with the idea of destroying a usable building.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • An unknown assailant shoots up the Vances' house during a Shabbat meal, before killing himself with a cyanide cigarette.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The measure passed, 363–117, killing the death penalty in France.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Trump has repeatedly said the higher energy costs are a small price to pay for neutralizing Iran.
    Jarrett Renshaw, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Seizing or neutralizing Kharg Island Kharg Island is the centerpiece of Iran’s oil export system.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The school's practices allowed people to get massage therapy licenses without finishing the required training, according to TDLR.
    S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The series is hosted by Nick Viall, a 45-year old man who starred on The Bachelor after finishing runner-up in two consecutive seasons of The Bachelorette, and his 27-year model and former surgical technologist wife Natalie Joy.
    Peter White, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • In these examples at the London Stadium, Yoro’s positioning initially cuts off the option to square a pass, pushing the player to have to keep the ball and shoot, before snuffing that out with a block.
    Ian Irving, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Singleton perhaps should have taken the credit for snuffing out one of the league’s best and doing so on National Tight Ends Day, no less.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • His young nephew provided the entertainment, whacking a plastic ball around with a toy club on the lawn, replicating pro golf mannerisms a little too closely.
    Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2026
  • These plays are often brilliant, and even lesser variants are fun to watch, because piñata-whacking itself is a naughty thrill, a cathartic fantasy for anyone with a family and/or a secret.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
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“Suiciding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suiciding. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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