Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive)To intentionally kill oneself.

  2. (transitive)To kill (someone) and make their death appear to have been a suicide rather than a homicide (now especially as part of a conspiracy).

  3. (ambitransitive, figuratively)To destroy or self-destruct.

Examples

495 sentences

  1. Tom committed suicide by hanging himself.

    Том наклав на себе руки, повісившись. — deniko

    ruТом покончил с собой, повесившись. — marafon

    deTom hat Selbstmord durch Erhängen begangen. — Micsmithel

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  2. Did Tom leave a suicide note?

    Том лишив предсмертну записку? — deniko

    ruТом оставил предсмертную записку? — sharptoothed

    deHat Tom einen Abschiedsbrief hinterlassen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. According to Tom, Mary committed suicide.

    Згідно слів Тома, Мері наклала на себе руки. — deniko

    ruПо словам Тома, Мэри покончила с собой. — marafon

    deTom zufolge verübte Maria Selbstmord. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. I heard that Tom committed suicide.

    Я чула, що Том покінчив життя самогубством. — deniko

    ruЯ слышал, Том покончил жизнь самоубийством. — marafon

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  5. The police have ruled out suicide.

    Поліція виключила самогубство. — deniko

    ruПолиция исключила самоубийство. — marafon

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Origin

First attested in Thomas Browne's Religio Medici (1643) in noun sense 1, ostensibly from N

First 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

suicides, suiciding, suicided, suicided
Base formsuicide · to suicide
3rd person singularsuicides
Present participlesuiciding
Past simplesuicided
Past participlesuicided

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysuicide
he, she, itsuicides

Past simpleLesson

all personssuicided

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave suicided
he, she, ithas suicided

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill suicide

Synonyms

15 synonyms
ropeA2an herocatch the buscommit sudokuend one's lifekill oneselfropemaxxself-deleteself-killtake one's own lifetop oneselfcommit hara-kiricommit seppukuoff oneself

Word family

3 related words
Relatedhara-kirikamikazeseppuku

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
suggestivesuhursuicidalsuitA2suitabilitysuitableA2

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