Suicide
21SUICIDE — Japan’s suicide rate continues to be one of the highest among industrialized nations (a 1993 manual describing suicide methods sold more than one million copies), and this trend is manifest in both the works and lives of modern writers. During …
22suicide — (su i si d ) s. m. 1° Action de celui qui se tue lui même. • L abbé de Saint Cyran, le patriarche des jansénistes, autrefois homme célèbre pour un peu de temps, écrivait, en 1608, un livre en faveur du suicide, VOLT. Pol. et lég. Prix just.… …
23suicide */*/ — UK [ˈsuːɪsaɪd] / US [ˈsuɪˌsaɪd] noun Word forms suicide : singular suicide plural suicides 1) [countable/uncountable] the action of deliberately killing yourself commit suicide (= kill yourself): Police believe he committed suicide. attempted… …
24suicide — su|i|cide [ suı,saıd ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount the action of deliberately killing yourself: commit suicide (=kill yourself): Police believe he committed suicide. attempted suicide/suicide attempt: Suicide attempts by young men in this age… …
25suicide — [[t]su͟ːɪsaɪd[/t]] ♦♦♦ suicides 1) N VAR People who commit suicide deliberately kill themselves because they do not want to continue living. She tried to commit suicide on several occasions. ...a case of attempted suicide. ...a growing number of… …
26suicide — I. noun Etymology: Latin sui (genitive) of oneself + English cide; akin to Old English & Old High German sīn his, Latin suus one s own, sed, se without, Sanskrit sva oneself, one s own Date: 1643 1. a. the act or an instance of taking one s own… …
27suicide — n. 1) to commit suicide 2) to attempt; contemplate suicide 3) political suicide * * * [ s(j)uːɪsaɪd] contemplate suicide political suicide to attempt to commit suicide …
28suicide — su|i|cide [ˈsu:ısaıd, ˈsju: US ˈsu: ] n [U and C] [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: sui of oneself + English cide] 1.) the act of killing yourself ▪ More people commit suicide at Christmas than at any other time. ▪ My mother attempted suicide on …
29suicide — n. self destruction as a deliberate act. Distinction is usually made between attempted suicide, when death is averted although the person concerned intended to kill himself (or herself), and deliberate self harm, when the attempt is made for… …
30suicide — n. & v. n. 1 a the intentional killing of oneself. b a person who commits suicide. 2 a self destructive action or course (political suicide). 3 (attrib.) Mil. designating a highly dangerous or deliberately suicidal operation etc. (a suicide… …
