suicide

The act of deliberately causing your own death.

• Suicide prevention is part of their work.
• The report shows a fall in suicide rates.
• Her brother died by suicide several years ago.

Similar words: taking one’s own life

Common phrases: suicide prevention, attempted suicide, die by suicide

An action likely to destroy a person’s future, an organization, or possibly someone’s life.

• Ignoring those voters would be political suicide.
• Opening another shop now could be financial suicide.
• He knew that publishing the accusation might mean career suicide.

Similar words: self-destruction

Common phrases: political suicide, career suicide, financial suicide

A person who deliberately caused their own death.

• The old report described him as a suicide.
• The cemetery records listed three suicides that year.
• A suicide was sometimes denied burial in the village churchyard.

Similar words: autocide, self-killer, self-murderer, self-slayer

Common phrases: a suspected suicide, burial of a suicide