self-slaughter

[ self-slaw-ter ]

noun

1. suicide.

Other Words From

• self-slaughtered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-slaughter¹

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

Much of the novel amounts to a sort of dossier on the phenomenon of self-slaughter.

From The New Yorker

He’s corralled by a desperate Masha to talk Semyon out of doing the deed and dutifully fulminates about the blasphemous act of self-slaughter.

From New York Times

Under Neil Pepe’s direction, Joey Slotnick stars as a depressed man bent on self-slaughter, and Jeanine Serralles is his wearied wife.

From New York Times

Under Neil Pepe’s direction, Joey Slotnick stars as a depressed man bent on self-slaughter, and Jeanine Serralles is his wearied wife.

From New York Times

Under Neil Pepe’s direction, Joey Slotnick stars as a depressed man bent on self-slaughter, and Jeanine Serralles is his wearied wife.

From New York Times