suicidal
Origin of suicidal
1Other words from suicidal
- su·i·cid·al·ly, adverb
- pseu·do·su·i·ci·dal, adjective
- un·su·i·cid·al, adjective
- un·su·i·cid·al·ly, adverb
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How to use suicidal in a sentence
They are also very handy at helping you safely navigate some otherwise suicidal obstacles, primarily steep climbs and descents.
Six ways to make your ATV even more rugged | By Tyler Freel/Outdoor Life | September 17, 2020 | Popular-ScienceDuring the booking process, a nurse asked Moriarty if he was suicidal.
Longtime Sheriff’s Employee Contradicts Official Account of Jail Death | Kelly Davis | September 3, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThis time, during booking, he said “no” when asked if he was suicidal.
Longtime Sheriff’s Employee Contradicts Official Account of Jail Death | Kelly Davis | September 3, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoWerner claims nearly everyone working in the jail knew Moriarty was suicidal.
Longtime Sheriff’s Employee Contradicts Official Account of Jail Death | Kelly Davis | September 3, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThe report also said that about twice as many people reported suicidal thoughts within a month’s time compared to the number of people who reported feeling that way during an entire year in 2018.
In Swaziland, girls who experienced violence were also at greater risk for alcohol abuse, depression and suicidal thoughts.
To End HIV, Stop Violence Against Adolescent Girls | Michele Moloney-Kitts | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter curing the elderly of their semi-suicidal depression, winning the White House must seem like a snap.
Ben Carson’s Bizarrely Serious, Seriously Bizarre Campaign Crew | Olivia Nuzzi | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt Stanford, so the story goes, he talked a suicidal student down from a roof.
The Ugly Truth About Cory Booker, New Jersey’s Golden Boy | Olivia Nuzzi | October 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI was never suicidal, though depressed and cut off from myself.
Many were despondent or even suicidal when they first arrived.
China Doesn't Want You to See the Internet Addiction Film 'Web Junkie' | Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia | August 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn suicidal cases it is especially in the morning hours that patients need the closest surveillance.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyI had doubted so many things, and now suddenly I doubted my unimportance, doubted my right to this suicidal abandonment.
The New Machiavelli | Herbert George WellsAnd this assumption of "direction" is unconvincing, if not suicidal in character.
Theism or Atheism | Chapman CohenWe may also, in this connexion, think of the seminal emissions sometimes observed in cases of suicidal hanging.
The Sexual Life of the Child | Albert MollI told her all—my evil designs, the monetary speculations, my suicidal purposes, my moral cowardice.
Dr. Dumany's Wife | Mr Jkai
British Dictionary definitions for suicidal
/ (ˌsuːɪˈsaɪdəl, ˌsjuː-) /
involving, indicating, or tending towards suicide
liable to result in suicide: a suicidal attempt
liable to destroy one's own interests or prospects; dangerously rash
Derived forms of suicidal
- suicidally, adverb
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