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suicide

/ˈsuɪˌsaɪd/ verb C2
  1. To intentionally kill oneself. (intransitive)
  2. To kill (someone) and make their death appear to have been a suicide rather than a homicide (now especially as part of a conspiracy). (transitive)
  3. To destroy or self-destruct. (figuratively)

He/she/it suicides · Past suicided · Past participle suicided · -ing form suiciding

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Verb forms

Base form
suicide
He/she/it
suicides
Past
suicided
Past participle
suicided
-ing form
suiciding

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“Is it suicide, or is it murder—that’s our first question, gentlemen, is it not?
The Valley of Fear, p. 40 · C1
If it were suicide, then we have to believe that this man began by taking off his wedding ring and concealing it; that he then came down here in his dressing gown, trampled mud into a corner behind the curtain in order to give the idea someone had waited for him, opened the window, put blood on the—”
The Valley of Fear, p. 40 · C1
Suicide is out of the question.
The Valley of Fear, p. 41 · C1
That disposes of the idea of suicide anyhow.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 33 · B2

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