transcription, транскрипция: [ su:ɪsaɪd ]
( suicides)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
People who commit suicide deliberately kill themselves because they do not want to continue living.
She tried to commit suicide on several occasions.
...a growing number of suicides in the community.
N-VAR
2.
You say that people commit suicide when they deliberately do something which ruins their career or position in society.
They say it would be political suicide for the party to abstain.
N-UNCOUNT : supp N
3.
The people involved in a suicide attack, mission, or bombing do not expect to survive.
According to the army, the teenager said he was on a ‘suicide mission’ for the movement.
...a suicide bomber.
ADJ : ADJ n