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su⋅i⋅cide

  [soo-uh-sahyd] noun, verb, -cid⋅ed, -cid⋅ing.
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–noun
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.
–verb (used without object)
4. to commit suicide.
–verb (used with object)
5. to kill (oneself).
Origin:
1645–55; < NL suīcīdium, -cīda, equiv. to L suī of oneself, gen. sing. of reflexive pron. + -cīdium, -cīda -cide
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su·i·cide   (sōō'ĭ-sīd')   
n.  

  1. The act or an instance of intentionally killing oneself.

  2. The destruction or ruin of one's own interests: It is professional suicide to involve oneself in illegal practices.

  3. One who commits suicide.


[Latin suī, of oneself; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + -cide.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Main Entry: 1sui·cide
Pronunciation: 'sü-&-"sId
Function: noun
1 : the act or an instance of taking one's own lifevoluntarily and intentionally suicide while of sound mind, which psychiatrically speaking is not possible —Year Book of Neurology, Psychiatry, &Neurosurgery>
2 : a person who commits or attempts suicide

Main Entry: 2suicide
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: sui·cid·ed; sui·cid·ing
intransitive senses
: tocommit suicide suicide transitive senses
: to put (oneself) to death
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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suicide su·i·cide (s&oomacr;'ĭ-sīd')
n.

  1. The act or an instance of intentionally killing oneself.

  2. One who commits suicide.

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