SUICIDE


Meaning of SUICIDE in English

(~s)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

People who commit ~ deliberately kill themselves because they do not want to continue living.

She tried to commit ~ on several occasions.

...a growing number of ~s in the community.

N-VAR

2.

You say that people commit ~ when they deliberately do something which ruins their career or position in society.

They say it would be political ~ for the party to abstain.

N-UNCOUNT: supp N

3.

The people involved in a ~ attack, mission, or bombing do not expect to survive.

According to the army, the teenager said he was on a ‘~ mission’ for the movement.

...a ~ bomber.

ADJ: ADJ n

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