suicide
noun/ˈsuɪˌsaɪd/
Frequency rank: #1,703 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
The act of deliberately killing oneself.
Example sentence
He was struggling so much that he considered suicide to escape his pain.
Synonyms & related words
- self-destruction
- self-harm
- self-killing
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