suicide:1

noun
sui*cide \ ˈsü-ə-ˌsīd \
1643{ds||1|a|}
  • the act or an instance of ending one's own life voluntarily and intentionally
  • ruin of one's own interests
  • apoptosis

suicide:2

adjective
suicide \
1765
  • of or relating to suicide; especially : being or performing a deliberate act resulting in the voluntary death of the person who does it

suicide:3

verb
suicide \
1818
  • to die by suicide : to kill (oneself) voluntarily and intentionally

suicide bomber

noun
suicide bomber \
1965
  • a person who ends or plans to end their own life by exploding a bomb in order to kill other people

suicide squeeze

noun
suicide squeeze \
1937
  • a squeeze play in which the runner runs all out at the pitch without knowing whether the batter will contact the ball

suicide bomb

noun
suicide bomb \
  • a bomb carried by someone who plans to be killed by it when it explodes

suicide note

noun
suicide note \
  • a note or letter explaining why one killed oneself

suicide pact

noun
suicide pact \
  • an agreement between two or more people to kill themselves at the same time

anti-suicide

adjective
an*ti-sui*cide \ ˌan-tē-ˈsü-ə-ˌsīd \ ˌan-tī- \
1842
  • serving or intended to prevent or discourage suicide

assisted suicide

noun
assisted suicide \
1884
  • the act of suicide carried out by someone with assistance from another person; especially : physician-assisted suicide
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