suicide
//ˈsuːɪsaɪd//
Noun
suicideSingular
suicidesPlural
1
The act of intentionally causing one's own death.
The number of suicides has increased in recent years.
2
A person who has died by intentionally taking their own life.
The police identified the body as a suicide.
3
An action or course of action that is self-destructive or ruinous to one's own interests.
Raising prices now would be economic suicide for the company.
Synonym
Verb
1
To intentionally kill oneself.
He suicided by jumping off the bridge.