SUICIDE Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈsü-ə-ˌsīd

Definition of suicide

as in murder

the act of deliberately killing oneself teenagers are more prone to suicide because they mistakenly believe their troubles are insurmountable

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Noun

Burks personally prosecuted five capital murder death penalty cases during her time at the district attorney’s office.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
The murder of two Israeli soldiers in the West Bank is the jumping-off point for a large-scale invasion of the Palestinian territory, a move that would further test the nation’s fraying relationship with the United States.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of murder

Verb

If the war does indeed come to an end and oil keeps falling, Warsh might get breathing room for rate cuts down the line.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 16 June 2026
Courtesy of the Abu Haikal family Haikal said his family’s own homes have been targeted in settler attacks, including having stones thrown at their home, their crops destroyed, trees cut down and property stolen.

— Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 16 June 2026

Definition of cut down

Noun

She is charged with first-degree murder and assisting self-murder, which in Florida is treated like a manslaughter offense.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
She has been charged with first-degree murder and assisting self-murder, a second-degree felony in Florida punishable by a maximum of 15 years in prison.

— Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026

Definition of self-murder

Verb

In Southern California and across the country, Halloween costume swaps and thrift stores are keeping costumes from going to waste.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
The city of Milwaukee waited 46 years to see its team in the Fall Classic, and this year's Brewers wanted to stop wasting time.

— Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of waste

Noun

Alluding to the attack only in the title, Anedda notes a few events showing the effects, patterns and tasks of an illustrator, the men seeking martyrdom, as well as the earthworms, gnats and the snail working the soil.

— Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
More than mourning For most Shiites, Husayn’s martyrdom is more than a historical tragedy.

— Iqbal Akhtar, The Conversation, 31 July 2026

Definition of martyrdom

Verb

Thornburg butchered three of the people over seven days in September 2021 at the Mid City Inn in Euless.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
During that collection and delivery, one or two animals are donated for harvest, or butchering, to Native American communities.

— Christa Swanson, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of butcher

Noun

His legacy was one of self-destruction, an elite major leaguer who drank himself out of the game, squandering his potential for greatness.

— Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026
In 2022, Lisa completed her bulimic and alcoholic self-destruction by means of a brain bleed.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of self-destruction

Verb

Alberto Sierra, who admitted to snuffing out the lives of his estranged wife and her two young daughters with a plastic Sedano’s Supermarket bag, should be executed for his crimes, a jury said Tuesday.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
Teair Tart pressured Patrick Mahomes into throwing an interception in the end zone to snuff out one of those drives.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2026

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