suicide

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈs(j)uːɪˌsaɪd/]

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1. suicide (noun) — sense 1

Definition: The act of intentionally killing oneself.

Example: As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

2. suicide (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A particular instance of a person intentionally killing oneself, or of multiple people doing so.

Example: There had been half a dozen mysterious suicides which had been investigated by Scotland Yard.

3. suicide (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A person who has intentionally killed themself.

Example: "I remember one suicide," she said to Philip, "who threw himself into the Thames."

4. suicide (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To intentionally kill oneself.

Example: "Her husband suicided three years ago. Just like a man!"

5. suicide (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To kill (someone) and make their death appear to have been a suicide rather than a homicide (now especially as part of a conspiracy).

Example: Have bought The Shanghai Chopsticks. Proprietor at first refused to sell, but when I ordered the boiling oil he became more reasonable. Editor reports that circulation is not what it ought to be. […] Will publish proclaimation, "Any person found not in possession of The Shanghai Chopsticks (current number) will be suicided."

6. suicide (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To destroy or self-destruct.

Example: At the conclusion of each wind, the movement of the driver's control lever back to the neutral position, and consequently the movement of the Ward Leonard controller back to its neutral position, firstly opens the directional contacts which isolate the generator field from the Ward Leonard exciter and, secondly, operates contactors which eliminate the effect of the residual field by suiciding the generator field as outlined above.

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