suicide
English Thesaurus
1. the act of killing yourself (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. a person who kills himself intentionally (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | killer, slayer, |
| definition | : | someone who causes the death of a person or animal (noun.person) |
3. the act of killing yourself (noun.act)
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