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su·i·cide

(so͞o′ĭ-sīd′)

1. The act or an instance of intentionally killing oneself.

2. The destruction or ruin of one's own interests: It is professional suicide to involve oneself in illegal practices.

3. One who commits suicide.

intr.v. su·i·cid·ed, su·i·cid·ing, su·i·cides

To kill oneself; commit suicide.

adj.

Relating to, involving, or resulting in one's voluntary death.

[Latin suī, of oneself; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + -cide.]

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suicide

(ˈsuːɪˌsaɪd; ˈsjuː-)

1. (Psychology) the act or an instance of killing oneself intentionally

2. the self-inflicted ruin of one's own prospects or interests: a merger would be financial suicide.

3. (Psychology) a person who kills himself intentionally

4. (modifier) reckless; extremely dangerous: a suicide mission.

5. (Military) (modifier) (of an action) undertaken or (of a person) undertaking an action in the knowledge that it will result in the death of the person performing it in order that maximum damage may be inflicted on an enemy: a suicide attack; suicide bomber.

[C17: from New Latin suīcīdium, from Latin suī of oneself + -cīdium, from caedere to kill]

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su•i•cide

(ˈsu əˌsaɪd)

n., v. -cid•ed, -cid•ing. n.

1. the intentional taking of one's own life.

2. destruction of one's own interests or prospects: financial suicide.

3. a person who intentionally takes his or her own life.

v.i.

4. to commit suicide.

[1645–55; < New Latin suīcīdium,-cīda, derivative of Latin suī of oneself, genitive singular of reflexive pronoun]

suicide

1. the killing of oneself.
2. one who has killed himself. — suicidal, adj.

suicide

noun taking your own life, self-destruction, ending it all (informal), self-immolation, self-murder, self-slaughter, topping yourself (informal) a case of attempted suicide

Related words
like autophonomania

Quotations
"Suicide is confession" [Daniel Webster]
"It is cowardice to commit suicide" [Napoleon Bonaparte]
"A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for!" [Arthur Miller After the Fall]

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suicidio suicida suicidarse

suicide

[ˈsʊɪsaɪd]

A. N

1. (= act) → suicidio m
to commit suicide → suicidarse
it would be suicide to do that (lit, fig) → sería suicida hacer eso
it would be political suicide to agree to this → consentir esto supondría el suicidio político
a case of attempted suicide → un caso de intento de suicidio

2. (= person) → suicida mf

B. CPD suicide attempt N → intento m de suicidio
suicide bomber N → terrorista mf suicida
suicide bombing N → bombardeo m suicida
suicide mission N → misión f suicida
suicide note N carta en que se explica el motivo del suicidio
suicide pact N → pacto m suicida
suicide rate N → índice m de suicidios
suicide squad N → comando m suicida

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suicide

(ˈsuːisaid) noun

1. the/an act of killing oneself deliberately. She committed suicide; an increasing number of suicides.suicidio

2. a person who kills himself deliberately. suicida

ˌsuiˈcidal adjective

1. inclined to suicide. She sometimes feels suicidal.suicida

2. extremely dangerous, or likely to lead to death or disaster. He was driving at a suicidal speed.suicida

ˌsuiˈcidally adverb

de manera/modo suicida

suicide

→ suicidio

su·i·cide

n. suicidio; suicidarse;

attempted ___ → tentativa o intento de ___.

suicide

n suicidio; assisted — suicidio asistido; physician-assisted — suicidio asistido por un médico; — attempt intento suicida or de suicidio; — gesture gesto suicida; to commit — suicidarse

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Noun	1.	suicide - the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit suicide" self-annihilation, self-destruction kill, putting to death, killing - the act of terminating a life assisted suicide - suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possible felo-de-se - an act of deliberate self destruction harakiri, hara-kiri, harikari, seppuku - ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society suttee - the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
	2.	suicide - a person who kills himself intentionally felo-de-se killer, slayer - someone who causes the death of a person or animal