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self-annihilation

/ˌˈsɛlf əˈnaɪəˌleɪʃən/
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Definitions of self-annihilation
  1. noun
    the act of killing yourself
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    types:
    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
    suttee
    the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
    physician-assisted suicide
    assisted suicide where the assistant is a physician
    type of:
    kill, killing, putting to death
    the act of terminating a life
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