suicide note

noun

: a note or letter explaining why one killed oneself

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The report also detailed that a suicide note was found close by and confirmed that his death was a suicide. Mauricio Viladegutt, SPIN, 26 Feb. 2025 Detectives later found a suicide note penned by Bures at his home. Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024 Fragments of her mother’s suicide note serve as collage material; Portrait of the Artist and Her Mother, a large mixed-media work from 1992, actually incorporates a snapshot of her mother’s body in an open casket. Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025 In his dorm room, campus police had discovered a suicide note as well as a corkboard covered in thumbtacks that seemed to map out the school’s underground steam tunnels. Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for suicide note

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“Suicide note.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suicide%20note. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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