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su·i·cide
I. \ˈsüəˌsīd\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin sui (gen.), sibi (dative), se (accusative & abl.) oneself + English -cide; akin to Old English sīn his, Old High German sih (accusative) oneself, sīn his, Old Norse sik (accusative) oneself, sīnn one's own, Gothic sik oneself, seins his, Latin suus one's own, Greek he (accusative) oneself, hos, heos one's own, Sanskrit sva oneself, one's own
1.
a. : the act or an instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally : self-destruction
< the death was adjudged a suicide >
b. : the deliberate and intentional destruction of his own life by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind : felo-de-se 2
< civilizations … in which suicide was considered a completely honorable act — New Republic >
c. : ruin of one's own interests
< drove into revolt or artistic suicide every student with an ounce of vitality in him — Clive Bell >
< the proposal … is likely to be an invitation to political suicide — Frank Gorrell >
2. : one that commits or attempts self-murder : felo-de-se 1
< had a suicide's temperament, careless of life — J.H.Plumb >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
intransitive verb
: to commit suicide
< the unfortunate man had suicided — D.D.Martin >
transitive verb
: to put (as oneself) to death : kill
< after Brutus, aged twelve, had suicided himself — E.M.Forster >
III. adjective
1. [suicide (I) ] : constituting a suicide
< his suicide brother — E.A.Mowrer >
< the problem of the suicide blonde — J.P.O'Donnell >
2. [suicide (I) ]
a. : resulting in or likely to result in the death of the individual or a high proportion of deaths in a participating group or unit — usually used of a military or naval operation
< one-way suicide bombing missions >
< supposed to make any attempt at invasion a suicide attack — Coast Artillery Journal >
b. : engaging in or intended to engage in such an operation
< suicide pilot >
< a suicide squad >
< leaving a suicide force … to fight a rearguard action — F.B.Gipson > |