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- verb transitive, intransitive To
kill one's self;commit suicide .
Etymologies
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From self- + kill, or from Middle English *selfkillen, *selfkyllen, *selfcullen, *selfcwellen, from Old English *seolfcwellan, *selfcwellan ("to kill oneself"); compare Old English selfcwala, selfcwalu ("suicide, self-slaughter").
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