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autocide

American  
[aw-toh-sahyd] / ˈɔ toʊˌsaɪd /

noun

  1. suicide by crashing the vehicle one is driving.


Etymology

Origin of autocide

First recorded in 1965–70; auto- 2 + -cide

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