self-destruction

English Thesaurus

1. the act of killing yourself (noun.act)

hypernym	:	kill, killing, putting to death,
definition	:	the act of terminating a life (noun.act)

hyponym	:	assisted suicide,
definition	:	suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possible (noun.act)

hyponym	:	felo-de-se,
definition	:	an act of deliberate self destruction (noun.act)

hyponym	:	hara-kiri, harakiri, harikari, seppuku,
definition	:	ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society (noun.act)

hyponym	:	suttee,
definition	:	the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband (noun.act)

2. the act of destroying yourself (noun.act)

hypernym	:	destruction, devastation,
definition	:	the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists (noun.act)

3. the act of killing yourself (noun.act)

derivation	:	self-destroy, self-destruct,
definition	:	do away with oneself or itself (verb.creation)

derivation	:	self-destructive, suicidal,
definition	:	dangerous to yourself or your interests (adj.all)

4. the act of destroying yourself (noun.act)

derivation	:	self-destroy, self-destruct,
definition	:	do away with oneself or itself (verb.creation)

5. the act of killing yourself (noun.act)

derivation	:	self-destroy, self-destruct,
definition	:	do away with oneself or itself (verb.creation)

derivation	:	self-destructive, suicidal,
definition	:	dangerous to yourself or your interests (adj.all)

6. the act of destroying yourself (noun.act)

derivation	:	self-destroy, self-destruct,
definition	:	do away with oneself or itself (verb.creation)