Definition of suicide Suicide

/suˈʌsajˌd/ - [suusayd] - su•i•cide

We found 21 definitions of suicide from 7 different sources.

What does suicide mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: suicides
suicide - the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit suicide"
		self-destruction, self-annihilation
		putting to death, kill, killing the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"
		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
		hara-kiri, harakiri, harikari, seppuku ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society
suicide - a person who kills himself intentionally
		felo-de-se

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Wiktionary

suicide (Noun)
Intentional killing of oneself, as a kind of action or social phenomenon.
suicide (Noun)
A particular instance of a person intentionally killing himself or herself, or of multiple people doing so.
suicide (Noun)
A person who has intentionally killed him/herself.
suicide (Noun)
An action which could have the literal or figurative death of a person or organization as its consequence, although death is not the aim of the action.
suicide (Noun)
A beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain.
suicide (Noun)
A diabolo trick where one of the sticks is released and allowed to rotate 360° round the diabolo until it is caught by the hand that released it.
suicide (Noun)
A run comprising a series of sprints of increasing lengths, each followed immediately by a return to the start, with no pause between one sprint and the next.
suicide (Verb)
To kill oneself intentionally.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

suicide (adv.)
The act of taking one's own life voluntary and intentionally; self-murder; specifically (Law), the felonious killing of one's self; the deliberate and intentional destruction of one's own life by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind.
suicide (adv.)
One guilty of self-murder; a felo-de-se.
suicide (adv.)
Ruin of one's own interests.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

suicide
The act of a person killing himself intentionally.
suicide
To end one's own life purposefully.
suicide
Person who intentionally takes his or her own life.
suicide
A woman who intentionally takes her own life.
suicide
A male who intentionally takes his own life.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

suicide
sū′i-sīd, n. one who dies by his own hand: self-murder.—adj. Sūicī′dal, pertaining to, or partaking of, the crime of suicide.—adv. Sūicī′dally.—n. Su′icidism, a tendency towards suicide. [Coined from L. sui, of himself, cædĕre, to kill.]

Wikipedia

Suicide is when a person chooses to kill his or her self. The word suicide is from the Latin words "sui caedere", which means "to kill oneself". In English, when someone kills themselves, people say that they "commit suicide". Doctors consider suicide attempts to be a symptom of a serious depression. Suicide is a crime in some places, and it is considered a sin in many religions.

Medical.

Modern medicine treats suicide as a mental health issue. When a person gets many thoughts about killing themselves, it is considered a medical emergency, and people that practice medicine have suggested that people planning on killing themselves should get medical attention straight away. This is especially important if the person already has a means of killing themselves or can get one easily. People that are depressed are considered a high-risk group for suicidal behaviour. Suicide hotlines are available, where people can call and speak to somebody. However, the negative and often too clinical reception that many suicidal people receive after telling a health professional how they are feeling (threats of having to go to a mental institution, increasing dosages of medication, people disapproving of their feelings, etc.), often causes them to keep their suicidal thoughts to themselves.

Cultural.

In the Warring States Period and the Edo period of Japan, samurai who disgraced their honour chose to end their own lives by harakiri (hara = stomach, kiri = cut) or seppuku.

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