suicide pact

[ soo-uh-sahyd pakt ]

noun

1. an agreement between two or more people to intentionally end their own lives at the same time.

Word History and Origins

Origin of suicide pact¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

In March of 1987, as part of a suicide pact, four New Jersey teenagers drove into a garage together and left the motor running.

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The pair had agreed to a suicide pact after Attias's girlfriend, 17, fell pregnant.

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Christopher Clark reminds us that the “Great War for Civilization” was an unwitting suicide pact.

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They make a suicide pact, but this, too, like everything else in their brief love, fails.

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Lois and Frank's suicide pact in the series finale—as they reminiscence about halcyon days—is a chance for peace and release.

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