suicides

5 definitions • 9 examples

the act of killing yourself intentionally:

I lost my younger brother to suicide.

attempt suicide She attempted suicide when she was a teenager.

The suicide rate among men between the ages of 16 and 25 has risen alarmingly.

Many suicides occur in prisons.

a person who has killed themselves intentionally:

He proved that the two "suicides" were in fact murdered.

any act that has the effect of causing your own defeat:

[ + to infinitive ] As a leader he knows that it is political suicide to appear indecisive.

career suicide Publicly battling with your record company can be career suicide.

the act of killing yourself intentionally:

[ U ] She threatened to commit suicide.

Suicide can also refer to any act that has the effect of causing defeat:

[ U ] It would be political suicide for him to refuse to support his own party’s platform.