Self-kill

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To kill oneself; commit suicide. ambitransitive

    "As his self-killing would not have been murder, his acts done in order to self-kill are not an attempt to murder."

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commit suicideend one's lifesillycidesuicide

Example

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"As his self-killing would not have been murder, his acts done in order to self-kill are not an attempt to murder."

Etymology

From self- + kill. compare Old English selfcwalu (“suicide, self-slaughter”).

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self-killerself-killing

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