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How to pronounce suicide in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms self-annihilation, self-destruction
Type of killing, putting to death, kill
Has types seppuku, assisted suicide, suttee, felo-de-se, hara-kiri, harakiri, harikari
Derivation suicidal


it is a crime to commit suicide.
Type Words
Synonyms felo-de-se
Type of slayer, killer

Examples of suicide

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Not a single day passes in Egypt without more than one suicide attempt reported.
From the abcnews.go.com
It had raised worker wages after the series of Foxconn suicide incidents in May.
From the abcnews.go.com
According to Damania, a cell's response to a viral invader is to commit suicide.
From the sciencedaily.com
No wonder studies have found that 10% of psoriasis patients contemplate suicide.
From the businessweek.com
Some, like Wazir, blame Iranian TV and cinema for romanticizing suicide by fire.
From the time.com
Female veterans are more likely to attempt suicide than their male counterparts.
From the suntimes.com
The general said the Guard had lost another soldier the night before to suicide.
From the battleland.blogs.time.com
This was no suicide, Malawians swiftly concluded, but a political assassination.
From the economist.com
In the end, Cobain did that all by himself, committing suicide at the age of 27.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • The act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit suicide"
  • A person who kills himself intentionally
  • (suicidal) self-destructive: dangerous to yourself or your interests; "suicidal impulses"; "a suicidal corporate takeover strategy"; "a kamikaze pilot"
  • Suicide (Latin suicidium, from sui caedere, "to kill oneself") is the act of a human being intentionally causing his or her own death. ...
  • Suicide is the second album by the seminal punk/electronic duo known as Suicide. Their debut album was likewise self-titled.
  • Suicide is the influential first studio album by American No Wave band Suicide, released in 1977. It is often cited as one of the first synth pop albums, although it has a harsher, more industrial leaning than many well-known albums of the genre. ...
  • Suicide is an American, electronic protopunk musical duo, intermittently active since 1971 and composed of vocalist Alan Vega and Martin Rev on synthesizers and drum machines. They are an early synthesizer/vocal musical duo.
  • Suicide (French: Le Suicide) is an 1897 book written by French sociologist u00C9mile Durkheim. It was the first methodological study of a social fact in the context of society. It is ostensibly a case study of suicide, a publication unique for its time that provided an example of what the sociological monograph should look like...
  • A suicide is a sudden drop to a breakdancer's back. They are frequently employed as finishing moves. Ideally, suicides are very flashy and painful-looking moves. Good suicides elicit exclamations of "ouch" from onlookers and can even be comical to a certain degree. ...