suicide

Meanings

Noun

  • Intentional killing of oneself.
  • A particular instance of a person intentionally killing himself or herself, or of multiple people doing so.
  • A person who has intentionally killed him/herself.
  • An action that could cause the literal or figurative death of a person or organization, although death is not the aim of the action.
  • A beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • A children's game of throwing a ball against a wall and at other players, who are eliminated by being struck.
  • Pertaining to a suicide bombing.

Verb

Adjective

  • Relating to suicide.

Related

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Origin

  • 1651, New Latin coinage (probably originating in English) suīcīdium.

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