suicide

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They all agreed the reason for his suicide was his fear of approaching blindness.

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  1. noun The act or an instance of intentionally killing oneself.
  2. noun The destruction or ruin of one's own interests: It is professional suicide to involve oneself in illegal practices.
  3. noun One who commits suicide.

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  • That the very delusion which drove me to a death-loving desperation should so suddenly vanish would seem to indicate that many a suicide might be averted if the person contemplating it could find the proper assistance when such a crisis impends. —  A Mind That Found Itself
  • I knew I ought to go down and make a record of this defining event --suicide was a major industry in the village, as one might expect. —  F ;SF; - vol 088 issue 06 - June 1995
  • And if his suicide was any indication, he had been the melancholy type, too Mary went to the next envelope, which contained a lock of dark hair pressed within the dusty plastic. —  KillerSmile
  • Put simply, the commission determined that the county should pay because her suicide was a direct result of the on-the-job attack. —  news | WM | http://www.starnewsonline.com
  • Don't Samson's heirs realize that his suicide was an act of regret and "redemption," as Abrahamic Judaism entails, not as the Zionism of Olmert and Barak dictates? —  Palestine Chronicle - Headlines
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  1. Latin suī, of oneself; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + -cide.

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  1. = French suicide = Spanish Portuguese Italian suicida, from New Latin*suicida, from Latin sui, of oneself, + -cīda, a killer, from cædere, kill.
  2. = French suicide = Spanish Portuguese Italian suicidio, from New Latin *suicidium, suicide, from Latin sui, of oneself, + -cīdium, a killing, from cædere, kill.
  3. from suicide, n.
 

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/ˈsjuɪsaɪd/
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