suicide

/ˌsuəˈsaɪd/

/ˈsuɪsaɪd/

Other forms: suicides

Definitions of suicide

1. noun

   the act of killing yourself
   synonyms: self-annihilation, self-destruction

   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
2. noun

   a person who kills himself intentionally
   synonyms: felo-de-se

   type of:

   killer, slayer

   someone who causes the death of a person or animal