self-annihilation (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *self-annihilation*:
NOUN	act	self-annihilation, suicide, self-destruction	the act of killing yourself

English > *self-annihilation*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	The act of killing yourself.
Synonyms	suicide, self-destruction
Narrower	assisted suicide	suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possible
	felo-de-se	An act of deliberate self destruction
	harakiri, hara-kiri, harikari, seppuku	ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword
	suttee	The act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
Broader	killing, kill, putting to death	The act of terminating a life
Spanish	autodestrucción, suicidio
Catalan	suïcidi

HyperDic: self-annihilation