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Meanings of self-killing in English

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The act of a person killing himself intentionally.

Synonyms
Examples for "suicide"
Examples for "suicide"
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Health Minister Mark Drakeford said it was essential suicide risk was reduced.
BBC
2
Groups working to help prevent suicide throughout the north-west have money problems.
The Irish Times
3
A military official and state media said it was a suicide attack.
Reuters
4
Her passions include suicide prevention, violence prevention, healthy relationships, housing and research.
Radio NZ
5
In severe cases, it has been known to result in suicide attempt.
Pubmed
1
Was there murder and self-murder in the heart of this unhappy boy?
From the Housetops
2
Nechutes and Menes, by united efforts, barely prevented him from doing self-murder.
The Yoke / A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Chil...
3
How, then, could his supposed self-murder be linked to the Company?
A conspiracy of paper: a novel
4
Balfour, did anyone see what you claim to be this falsification of self-murder?
A conspiracy of paper: a novel
5
But the crowning crime of self-murder he was powerless to commit.
Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigands of Greece
Usage of self-killing in English
1
I do not know whether self-killing is on the increase or not.
Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest
2
My family knew that I knew about insanity and self-killing.
Chump change: a novel
3
Deprived of blood, it makes self-killing bacteriophages or else sporulates.
I Am Legend