as in suicides
the suffering and death of a martyr
He suffered martyrdom for his religious beliefs.
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Noun
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Suicide Prevention Efforts Work Interventions that are designed to reduce suicides are generally effective.—
Eric Wood,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025 -
Regulators are questioning whether OpenAI has strayed from its original public-benefit mission in favor of commercial growth—recent suicides linked to ChatGPT have also complicated the issue.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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The majority of these strikes happen during the summer, causing around 20 fatalities each year, according to the NWS.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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As a result, experts are becoming increasingly concerned about a potential surge in diseases that vaccines typically protect children, teens, and adults against, possibly also leading to a rise in fatalities from these illnesses.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Russia is firing double the number of missile strikes from years before, with mounting civilian casualties.—
Oleksandra Matviichuk,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The ministry doesn’t distinguish in its reporting between combatant and civilian deaths but has previously said that some 70% of casualties in Gaza have been women and children.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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