| NOUN | act | suicide, self-destruction, self-annihilation | the act of killing yourself |
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| person | suicide, felo-de-se | a person who kills himself intentionally |
| Sounds | suw'ahsay.d; suw'ihsay.d | |
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| Rhymes | abide ... Yuletide: 172 rhymes with ayd... | |
| Meaning | The act of killing yourself. | |
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| Example | "it is a crime to commit suicide" | |
| Synonyms | self-destruction, self-annihilation | |
| 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 | |
| Adjectives | suicidal | dangerous to yourself or your interests |
| Meaning | A person who kills himself intentionally. | |
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| Synonym | felo-de-se | |
| Broader | killer, slayer | someone who causes the death of a person or animal |
| Spanish | suicida, suicidio | |
| Catalan | suïcida | |
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