self-murder
Americannoun
plural
self-murders-
the act of ending one's own life; suicide (sometimes used in historical contexts).
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any action that is highly destructive to oneself or one's ambitions.
Other Word Forms
- self-murderer noun
Example Sentences
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On Wednesday, Gilland was indicted on lesser charges of assisting self-murder/manslaughter and aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer.
From Seattle Times
And it has become frighteningly common for Americans to find their way into despair and self-murder.
From Washington Post
Suicide was regarded as self-murder.
From Salon
There were a couple of superficial reasons why Kenneth Salter/Knopp should have committed something that, in his earlier Victorian days, was called the crime of “self-murder”.
From The Guardian
We look into the abyss of self-murder.
From Washington Post
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