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suicidal

[ soo-uh-sahyd-l ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to, involving, or suggesting suicide.
  2. tending or leading to suicide.
  3. foolishly or rashly dangerous:

    He drives at a suicidal speed.



suicidal

/ ˌsjuː-; ˌsuːɪˈsaɪdəl /

adjective

  1. involving, indicating, or tending towards suicide
  2. liable to result in suicide

    a suicidal attempt

  3. liable to destroy one's own interests or prospects; dangerously rash
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌܾˈ岹, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • i·a· adverb
  • d·i·d adjective
  • ܲȴ··a adjective
  • ܲȴ··a·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of suicidal1

First recorded in 1770–80; suicide + -al 1
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Example Sentences

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However, this also ran into problems, and rimonabant was ultimately withdrawn from the market because people taking it experienced depression and suicidal thoughts.

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Men who buy this message that empathy is stupid, suicidal, and effeminate — which is supposedly the worst thing you can be — are going to struggle to make friends and maintain romantic relationships.

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Platforms would also need to take other steps such as implementing a protocol for addressing suicidal ideation, suicide or self-harm expressed by users.

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With clinical depression, you have five or more symptoms, like low appetite, change in appetite, poor sleep, low energy, feeling restless, guilt, hopelessness, suicidal ideation.

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Two children, their father and his partner were unlawfully killed when they crashed head-on with a car being driven the wrong way on a motorway by a suicidal man, a coroner has ruled.

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