attempt suicide

idiom

: to try to kill oneself

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Suicide rates, too, reveal a grim gender disparity: women attempt suicide more often, but men are far more likely to die by it. Angelica Puzio Ferrara, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2025 Fearful that the neurotic Florence might attempt suicide, Olive invites her to move in as her roommate. Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 People in the study with a headache diagnosis were twice as likely to attempt suicide compared with those without headaches. Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 6 Feb. 2025 State laws targeting transgender people made trans and nonbinary people aged 13 to 24 more likely to attempt suicide in the past year, according to a recent survey conducted by the Trevor Project, an LGBTQ youth suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization. Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for attempt suicide

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“Attempt suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attempt%20suicide. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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