suicide pact
[ soo-uh-sahyd pakt ]
noun
an agreement between two or more people to intentionally end their own lives at the same time.
Origin of suicide pact
1First recorded in 1910–15
Words Nearby suicide pact
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How to use suicide pact in a sentence
In March of 1987, as part of a suicide pact, four New Jersey teenagers drove into a garage together and left the motor running.
The pair had agreed to a suicide pact after Attias's girlfriend, 17, fell pregnant.
Israel's Secular-Religious Abortion Compromise | Daniella Peled | December 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTChristopher Clark reminds us that the “Great War for Civilization” was an unwitting suicide pact.
They make a suicide pact, but this, too, like everything else in their brief love, fails.
Book Bag: André Aciman’s Favorite Novellas of Unconsummated Loves | André Aciman | January 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLois and Frank's suicide pact in the series finale—as they reminiscence about halcyon days—is a chance for peace and release.
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