adjective
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involving, indicating, or tending towards suicide
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liable to result in suicide
a suicidal attempt
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liable to destroy one's own interests or prospects; dangerously rash
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At a Department of War briefing last week, Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth was asked whether Iran was using “kamikaze,” or suicidal, dolphins to attack military assets in the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
More than 20 people close to Charmain gave similar accounts - she did not use drugs and was not suicidal.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
That involves developing mechanisms for what he describes as “avalanche decoupling”—basically the kind of total economic isolation that makes a war not just expensive, but suicidal for the Chinese economy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
In addition, GLP-1 receptor agonists were linked to a reduced risk of suicidal behavior.
From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026
Folly, folly, his heart kept saying: conscious, gratuitous, suicidal folly!
From "1984" by George Orwell
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