assisted suicide

American  

1. suicide facilitated by another person, especially a physician, who organizes the logistics of the suicide, as by providing the necessary quantities of a poison.

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Etymology

Origin of assisted suicide

1975–80

Example Sentences

However, another poll commissioned this year by campaign group Not Dead Yet UK found that 69% agreed Holyrood should prioritise improving access to care for disabled people before introducing "assisted suicide".

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

"While the term assisted dying is used my many to soften the reality we are actually talking about assisted suicide," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

A Washington state health department report in 2022 found that a third of all relevant physicians in the state failed to submit legally mandated compliance forms for assisted suicide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

The bill allows assisted suicide for adult Uruguayan citizens or residents who are mentally competent and in the terminal stage of an incurable disease that causes them suffering.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

‘Death with dignity’ laws make assisted suicide possible in the U.S., but those laws don’t apply if you’re suffering from Alzheimer’s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025

Related Words

• assisted dying