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Selbstmord — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • suicidal adjective Wanting to kill oneself, or showing signs of wanting to.
  • suicide noun The act of intentionally ending one's own life.

Senses

Selbstmord is used for these senses in English:

  • suicidal (of a voluntarily-chosen course of action) Highly likely to certain to result in the deaths of the participants; dangerous or reckless to such a degree as to be tantamount to suicide for those taking part.
  • suicide (countable) A particular instance of a person intentionally killing oneself, or of multiple people doing so.

suicidal — full definition

  1. adjective Wanting to kill oneself, or showing signs of wanting to.
  2. adjective So reckless or dangerous that it amounts to risking one's own life.

suicide — full definition

  1. noun The act of intentionally ending one's own life.
  2. noun Figuratively, an action so damaging that it destroys a person's career, reputation, or chances.
  3. verb To kill oneself.

Related German words