self-slaughter

[self-slaw-ter]

noun

1. suicide.

Other Word Forms

• self-slaughtered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-slaughter¹

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

True, the major soliloquies are not the tortured revelations of a soul in anguish but merely philosophical ruminations; it seems unlikely that this spirited man would opt for self-slaughter.

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

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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.

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Prosecutors have openly wondered if Jordan’s attempt at self-slaughter was less earnest than the procedure that took her son.

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Self-slaughter is known to lurk in the genes; those with parents who killed themselves are more likely to attempt the same act.

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