suicide

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ attempted

▪ collective, double, mass

▪

Members of the sect committed mass suicide.

▪ adolescent, teen, teenage, youth

▪ assisted, doctor-assisted (esp. AmE), physician-assisted (esp. AmE)

▪

the questions surrounding euthanasia and assisted suicide

▪ apparent

▪

Her death was ruled an apparent suicide.

▪ ritual

▪

the ritual suicide of a widow on her husband's funeral pyre

▪ electoral, political

▪

Raising taxes before an election would be political suicide.

▪ economic, social (humorous)

▪

Wearing shoes like that would be social suicide.

▪ career

▪

That's asking them to commit career suicide.

VERB + SUICIDE

▪ commit

▪ attempt

▪ consider, contemplate

▪ threaten

▪ prevent

SUICIDE + NOUN

▪ risk, threat

▪

There is no evidence that he is a suicide risk.

▪ attempt, bid (BrE)

▪

He slashed his wrists in a failed suicide attempt.

▪ pact

▪

The couple died together in a suicide pact.

▪ terrorism

▪ letter, note

▪

He died without leaving a suicide note.

▪ watch

▪

He was put on suicide watch (= checked to make sure he did not commit suicide) earlier in his prison term.

▪ prevention

▪ rate

▪ attacker, bomber, terrorist

▪ bomb

▪ attack, bombing, mission, operation

▪

a suicide bomb attack on a military convoy