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
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Relatives of some of the victims murdered by a serial killer known as Jack the Ripper have backed a call for the investigation to be reopened after new evidence emerged. Jack the Ripper, whose identity has never been confirmed, was linked to 11 murders between 1888 and 1892 in east London.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
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The White House also sought to tackle transnational repression by issuing a travel ban on Saudi citizens connected to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and by tasking federal agencies to reach out to diaspora communities across the United States.—
Sarah Yager,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Apps and services lose access to your location data, which not only boosts your privacy but can also save battery life by cutting down on background tracking.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
6 Jan. 2025
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And research suggests that cutting down on them might benefit our health.—
Jancee Dunn,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There will be blood, unsurprisingly, as well as violence, violations, self-destruction, and tragedy of both the intimate and the overarching, sociological kind.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Dec. 2024
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Any band that’s successful opens the door to excess, self-destruction.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
17 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Skipping this step risks wasting time, resources and effort creating something that doesn’t address real needs.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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The Chicago native didn’t waste any time following up on IG to emphasize his Yeezy-over-everything stance.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
14 Jan. 2025
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But on Wednesday, a grand jury indicted her on the charge of assisting self-murder/manslaughter, a first-degree felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison.—
Frank Fernandez,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2023
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The initial charge of first-degree murder has been reduced to assisting self-murder/manslaughter.—
Frank Fernandez,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2023
Verb
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The war in Gaza was forced upon Israel after the terrorist group Hamas violently invaded and butchered over 1200 Israelis and took hundreds of innocent people hostage.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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Some scam fighters find tech companies' efforts to fight pig butchering too little and too late, however.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC News,
21 Nov. 2024
Noun
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How have killing, destruction, and martyrdom become almost acceptable?—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
7 Dec. 2024
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Kolbe told his mother that while praying to know how his life would play out, the Blessed Mother offered him the choice between two crowns: a white one symbolizing purity and a red one symbolizing martyrdom.—
Christine Rousselle,
Fox News,
8 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Weather conditions had prevented the fire department from using aircraft to snuff the flames.—
Monte Morin,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2025
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The inter-dimensional being rules over the Dark Dimension, with aims of snuffing out entire realities.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suicide. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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