Dictionary
su•i•cide
Pronunciation: (sOO'u-sīd"), [key]
—n., v., -cid•ed, -cid•ing.
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n.
1. the intentional taking of one's own life.
2. destruction of one's own interests or prospects:
Buying that house was financial suicide.
3. a person who intentionally takes his or her own life.
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v.i.
to commit suicide.
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v.t.
to kill (oneself).
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