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noun ADJ. attempted | mass Members of the sect committed mass suicide. | economic | electoral, political Raising taxes before an election would be political suicide. VERB + SUICIDE commit | attempt | contemplate SUICIDE + NOUN threat | attempt, bid He slashed his wrists in a failed suicide bid. | pact The couple died together in a suicide pact. | bomber, bombing | mission | letter, note He died without leaving a suicide note. | rate
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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suicide
verbs
commit suicide
(= kill yourself )
• Most people who commit suicide have had depressive illnesses.
attempt suicide
(= try to kill yourself )
• She had attempted suicide twice.
contemplate suicide
(= think that you might try to kill yourself )
• I contemplated suicide on several occasions after my daughter died.
suicide + NOUN
a suicide attempt
• He was admitted to a psychiatric facility after a suicide attempt.
a suicide bid
(= a suicide attempt – used in news reports )
• The singer was rushed to hospital after an apparent suicide bid.
a suicide note
(= a letter in which someone explains their reasons for killing themselves )
• He left a suicide note for his two teenage children saying ‘Please forgive me.’
a suicide threat
(= when someone says that they will kill themselves )
• Depression may sometimes lead to suicide threats.
a suicide pact
(= an agreement that two or more people make to kill themselves at the same time )
• She shot her husband and herself in a suicide pact.
the suicide rate
(= the number of people who kill themselves )
• The suicide rate among former soldiers is very high.
adjectives
mass suicide
(= when many people commit suicide together )
• He ordered his followers to commit mass suicide.
assisted suicide
(= when someone such as a doctor helps a very ill person commit suicide )
• Thirty-four other states have adopted similar laws banning assisted suicide.
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