Suicide | Mean of suicide in English Dictionary

/ˈsuːwəˌsaɪd/

• Noun
• the act of killing yourself because you do not want to continue living
1. She had thoughts of suicide.
2. He committed suicide. [=he killed himself]
3. He attempted suicide. [=he tried to kill himself]
4. Authorities have officially ruled the death a suicide.
5. There were two suicides last year at the university.
• a person who commits suicide
1. Her father was a suicide. [=her father killed himself]
• an action that ruins or destroys your career, social position, etc.
1. Accepting that kind of support is political suicide. [=it will cause the end of your career in politics]
2. It would be suicide for the company to try to expand too quickly. [=the company would fail if it tried to expand too quickly]
• of or relating to suicide
1. a suicide attempt
2. Did he leave a suicide note? [=a note/letter explaining why he killed himself]
3. a suicide mission/bombing
4. a suicide bomber [=a person who commits suicide by exploding a bomb in order to kill other people]