suicide pact

[ soo-uh-sahyd pakt ]

/ ˈsu əˌsaɪd ˌpækt /

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noun

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

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Origin of suicide pact

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby suicide pact

suicidal, suicide, suicide bomber, suicide clause, suicide machine, suicide pact, suicide squeeze, suicide watch, suicidology, sui generis, sui juris

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.
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The pair had agreed to a suicide pact after Attias's girlfriend, 17, fell pregnant.
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Christopher Clark reminds us that the “Great War for Civilization” was an unwitting suicide pact.
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They make a suicide pact, but this, too, like everything else in their brief love, fails.
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Lois 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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