suicide

Definitions


[ˈsuːɪsʌɪd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the action of killing oneself intentionally
(e.g: in January last year he died by suicide)

- a course of action that is disastrously damaging to oneself or one's own interests
(e.g: it would be political suicide to restrict criteria for unemployment benefit)

- a running drill consisting of a sprint to a set point (especially a line on a basketball court) and back to the start, immediately followed by additional sprints of lengthening distances
(e.g: we shot free throws and if we missed we ran suicides)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century: from modern Latin suicidium ‘act of suicide’, suicida ‘person who commits suicide’, from Latin sui ‘of oneself’ + caedere ‘kill’


[ˈsuːɪsʌɪd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- intentionally kill oneself
(e.g: he leaves the service and then suicides)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century: from modern Latin suicidium ‘act of suicide’, suicida ‘person who commits suicide’, from Latin sui ‘of oneself’ + caedere ‘kill’




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