suicide pact

[soo-uh-sahyd pakt]

noun

1. an agreement between two or more people to intentionally end their own lives at the same time.

Word History and Origins

Origin of suicide pact¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Police originally believed the deaths were the result of a suicide pact after they discovered their partners were having an extra-marital affair.

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Party loyalty can’t be a suicide pact and, besides, it’s better to have a dissident member of your own party in office than someone from the other party.

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“Lee” is anchored by a stunning extended sequence as Lee and Davy document the wreckage and human destruction of Hitler’s regime: Nazi suicide pacts, piles of corpses, concentration camps, prisoners and victims.

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Mr Yamina said the case was unique in Kenya, and the suspects would be prosecuted under a law relating to suicide pacts.

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In a final twist to a horrific story, Mary, 80, and Carolyn, 40, planned a grisly end - a suicide pact.

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