toʊˌsaɪd noun
suicide by crashing the vehicle one is driving.
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| Main Entry: | autocide1 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | the killing by vehicle crash, esp. use of a vehicle to commit suicide |
| Etymology: | auto 'self, one's own' |
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Autocide
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| Main Entry: | autocide2 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a suicide; one who self-destructs |
| Etymology: | auto 'self, one's own' |
| Main Entry: | autocide3 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a chemical created by bacteria that is toxic only to other bacteria of the same species |
| Etymology: | auto 'self, one's own' |
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