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Recent Examples of self-immolation
Tibetans have also previously committed acts of self-immolation in protest against Beijing's policies in Tibet and nearby regions with large Tibetan populations.
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Kanishka Singh,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
On the brink of elimination, the Spurs would learn from their self-immolation and grow a strategic brain to match their undeniable skills.
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David Remnick,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
Ratansen dies defending his honor; Padmavati and the women of Chitor perform jauhar (the ancient Rajput practice of self-immolation to avoid capture).
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
The Bexar County medical examiner's office later ruled her death as a suicide by self-immolation.
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John Hanna and Juan Lozano The Associated Press,
Arkansas Online,
25 Feb. 2026
The Bexar County Medical Examiner ruled her death a suicide by self-immolation.
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Bayliss Wagner,
San Antonio Express-News,
19 Feb. 2026
Schilinski weaves together sequences that are intimate and mysterious, incredible depictions of the inner logic of a child trying to understand a horrifying reality, or the dramatic fantasies of self-immolation entertained by a teenager.
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Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
Later, when Doyle comes into some mysterious bags of cash, and heads toward the mainland with a bottle of booze, a boat, and one last chance to go out in a blaze of self-immolation, Farrell manages to mix dread and adrenaline into every silent expression.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
In late 2010, Facebook became revered as the gold standard of revolutionary organizing, sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa following the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi in Tunisia.
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Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Kanishka Singh,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
On the brink of elimination, the Spurs would learn from their self-immolation and grow a strategic brain to match their undeniable skills.
—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
Ratansen dies defending his honor; Padmavati and the women of Chitor perform jauhar (the ancient Rajput practice of self-immolation to avoid capture).
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
The Bexar County medical examiner's office later ruled her death as a suicide by self-immolation.
—
John Hanna and Juan Lozano The Associated Press,
Arkansas Online,
25 Feb. 2026
The Bexar County Medical Examiner ruled her death a suicide by self-immolation.
—
Bayliss Wagner,
San Antonio Express-News,
19 Feb. 2026
Schilinski weaves together sequences that are intimate and mysterious, incredible depictions of the inner logic of a child trying to understand a horrifying reality, or the dramatic fantasies of self-immolation entertained by a teenager.
—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
Later, when Doyle comes into some mysterious bags of cash, and heads toward the mainland with a bottle of booze, a boat, and one last chance to go out in a blaze of self-immolation, Farrell manages to mix dread and adrenaline into every silent expression.
—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
In late 2010, Facebook became revered as the gold standard of revolutionary organizing, sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa following the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi in Tunisia.
—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-immolation
Noun
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The will toward self-annihilation is a familiar human characteristic.
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Her self-annihilation is grisly and impossible to misinterpret as a final repudiation of her role in the HMS Courageous bombing and, until Grace announces she’d like Hal to be her vice-president, is the most intense and far-reaching twist of the episode.
Noun
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In Baghdad, thousands marched through the streets, including some who slashed their heads with razors and performed other forms of self-flagellation in a show of grief to mark the occasion.
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In 1994 Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was also a cleric with the rank of ayatollah, issued a fatwa forbidding the practice of self-flagellation.
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“Self-immolation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-immolation. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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