suiciding

Variant of suicide

suicide definition

sui·cide (so̵̅o̅′ə sīd′)

noun

  1. the act of killing oneself intentionally
  2. ruin of one's interests or prospects through one's own actions, policies, etc.
  3. a person who commits suicide

Etymology: L sui, of oneself (< IE *sewe-, refl. pron. < base *se-, apart > OE swæs, own) + -cide

intransitive verb suicided -·cid′ed, suiciding -·cid′·ing

Rare to commit suicide

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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