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suicide

释义

suicide

noun

UK /ˈsuːɪsaɪd/

Word Forms

singular	suicide
plural	suicides

1
countable/uncountable the action of deliberately killing yourself
commit suicide (=kill yourself):
Police believe he committed suicide.
attempted suicide/suicide attempt:
Suicide attempts by young men in this age group have trebled.
Synonyms and related words
To kill yourself
assisted suicide
end it all
harakiri
1. 1a
  countable someone who deliberately kills themselves
  Synonyms and related words
  To kill yourself
  assisted suicide
  end it all
  harakiri
2. 1b
  only before nounused about an attack that will kill the person who makes it
  a suicide mission
  Synonyms and related words
  Dangerous or harmful
  dangerous
  harmful
  disastrous
2
uncountable something that you do that is likely to have very bad results for you
political/economic suicide
Both companies know it would be suicide to pull out of the deal now.
Synonyms and related words
Mistakes
fail
miscommunication
error
3
die by suicide
to kill yourself; a way of avoiding the term ‘commit suicide’, which suggests a crime
Before my brother died by suicide, I never thought about the language used to talk about suicide.
Submitted from:
United Kingdom on 08/01/2018
Open Dictionary - January2018

suicide

noun

US /ˈsuɪˌsaɪd/

Word Forms

singular	suicide
plural	suicides

1
countable/uncountable the action of deliberately killing yourself
commit suicide (=kill yourself):
Police believe he committed suicide.
attempted suicide/suicide attempt:
Suicide attempts by young men in this age group have trebled.
Synonyms and related words
To kill yourself
assisted suicide
end it all
hara-kiri
1. 1a
  countable someone who deliberately kills themselves
  Synonyms and related words
  To kill yourself
  assisted suicide
  end it all
  hara-kiri
2. 1b
  only before nounused about an attack that will kill the person who makes it
  a suicide mission
  a suicide bomber
  Synonyms and related words
  Dangerous or harmful
  dangerous
  harmful
  disastrous
2
uncountable something that you do that is likely to have very bad results for you
political/economic suicide
Both companies know it would be suicide to pull out of the deal now.
Synonyms and related words
Mistakes
fail
miscommunication
error
3
die by suicide
to kill yourself; a way of avoiding the term ‘commit suicide’, which suggests a crime
Before my brother died by suicide, I never thought about the language used to talk about suicide.
Submitted from:
United Kingdom on 08/01/2018
Open Dictionary - January2018

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