suicide
The act of intentionally killing oneselfThe act of intentionally killing oneself.
» Tom committed suicide by hanging himself.
Tom hat Selbstmord durch Erhängen begangen.
Том покончил с собой, повесившись.
Том наклав на себе руки, повісившись.
Meaning
9 senses(uncountable)The act of intentionally killing oneself.
the act of killing yourself
(countable)A particular instance of a person intentionally killing oneself, or of multiple people doing so.
Suizid, Freitod, Selbstmord
самоуби́йствоsamoubíjstvo, суици́дsuicíd
самогу́бствоsamohúbstvo, суїци́дsujicýd
a person who kills themself intentionally
(countable)A person who has intentionally killed themself.
Selbstmörder, Selbstmörderin, Suizidant
самоуби́йцаsamoubíjca
самогу́бецьsamohúbecʹ, самогу́бцяsamohúbcja
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)An action that could cause the literal or figurative death of a person or organization, although death may not be the aim of the action.
political suicide
самоуби́йствоsamoubíjstvo
(US, countable, slang)A beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain.
(countable, uncountable)A diabolo trick where one of the sticks is released and allowed to rotate 360° round the diabolo until it is caught by the hand that released it.
(countable)A run comprising a series of sprints of increasing lengths, each followed immediately by a return to the start, with no pause between one sprint and the next.
The coach makes us run suicides at the end of each basketball practice.
(countable, uncountable)A children's game of throwing a ball against a wall and at other players, who are eliminated by being struck.
(attributive, countable, uncountable)Pertaining to a suicide bombing.
suicide belt
suicide vest
Examples
495 sentencesTom committed suicide by hanging himself.
Том наклав на себе руки, повісившись.
ruТом покончил с собой, повесившись.
deTom hat Selbstmord durch Erhängen begangen.
Did Tom leave a suicide note?
Том лишив предсмертну записку?
ruТом оставил предсмертную записку?
deHat Tom einen Abschiedsbrief hinterlassen?
According to Tom, Mary committed suicide.
Згідно слів Тома, Мері наклала на себе руки.
ruПо словам Тома, Мэри покончила с собой.
deTom zufolge verübte Maria Selbstmord.
I heard that Tom committed suicide.
Я чула, що Том покінчив життя самогубством.
ruЯ слышал, Том покончил жизнь самоубийством.
The police have ruled out suicide.
Поліція виключила самогубство.
ruПолиция исключила самоубийство.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
First attested in Thomas Browne's Religio Medici (1643) in noun sense 1, ostensibly from NFirst attested in Thomas Browne's Religio Medici (1643) in noun sense 1, ostensibly from New Latin suīcīdium, from suī (genitive reflexive pronoun) + -cīdium (“act of killing or murder”), but often believed to have originated in English before entering Latin. Displaced native Middle English seolf-cwale from Old English selfcwalu (literally “self-slaughter”), after which suicide may have been modelled, or calqued (compare manuscript). Noun sense 3 is perhaps by analogy with words like homicide, patricide (see -cide), or, although unlikely, from Medieval Latin suīcīda; see the Etymology section at suīcīdium.
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Forms
plural: suicidesSynonyms
24 synonyms- the act of killing yourself:self-destructionself-annihilation
- a person who kills themself intentionally:felo-de-se
Word family
94 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- committed suicide
- to commit suicide
- attempted suicide
- suicide note
- committed suicide by
- a suicide note
- had committed suicide
- committed suicide in
- has attempted suicide
- in suicide attack
- suicide bomber
- was a suicide