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Suicide
01
the act of intentionally taking one's own life
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
suicides
Examples
She was devastated by the news of her friend 's suicide.
1.1
a self-destructive or self-sabotaging behavior or action
Examples
His refusal to seek help for his addiction was considered a form of slow suicide.
02
a person who intentionally takes their own life
Examples
The family was devastated to learn that he was a suicide.
to suicide
01
to intentionally end one's own life
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
suicide
3rd person singular
suicides
Present participle
suiciding
Past simple
suicided
Past participle
suicided
Examples
The isolation and stress led him to consider suiciding himself during his darkest moments.
Lexical Tree
suicidal
suicide
