as in murders
the act of deliberately killing oneself
teenagers are more prone to suicide because they mistakenly believe their troubles are insurmountable
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Recent Examples of suicides
Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
ChatGPT — and users’ extraordinarily intimate relationships with it — is also linked to numerous teen and adult suicides.
—Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 29 Apr. 2026
On average, those states saw a 146% increase in calls and an 18% reduction in suicides versus projections over the study period, while states with the smallest call-volume increase, an average of 24%, saw suicide rates fall nearly 11%.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 22 Apr. 2026
The vast majority of adult victims of intimate partner murder-suicides – 95% – are women.
—Kathryn Spearman, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
Palo Alto is calling a series of suicides in the city a public health crisis, and the city council debated a controversial way to save lives Wednesday night.
—Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent lawsuits have alleged suicides linked to AI chatbot use.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Many other lawsuits alleged similar harm, including one claiming that TikTok and Snapchat had contributed to the suicides of three children.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2026
The study found no effect on the rate of suicides, but showed higher rates of homicides and gun homicides in places where Sunday bans on alcohol sales has been repealed.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
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OpenAI also faces lawsuits from multiple families who allege ChatGPT encouraged their children’s suicides.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
ChatGPT — and users’ extraordinarily intimate relationships with it — is also linked to numerous teen and adult suicides.
—Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 29 Apr. 2026
On average, those states saw a 146% increase in calls and an 18% reduction in suicides versus projections over the study period, while states with the smallest call-volume increase, an average of 24%, saw suicide rates fall nearly 11%.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 22 Apr. 2026
The vast majority of adult victims of intimate partner murder-suicides – 95% – are women.
—Kathryn Spearman, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
Palo Alto is calling a series of suicides in the city a public health crisis, and the city council debated a controversial way to save lives Wednesday night.
—Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent lawsuits have alleged suicides linked to AI chatbot use.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Many other lawsuits alleged similar harm, including one claiming that TikTok and Snapchat had contributed to the suicides of three children.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2026
The study found no effect on the rate of suicides, but showed higher rates of homicides and gun homicides in places where Sunday bans on alcohol sales has been repealed.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suicides
Noun
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In the end the Supreme Court denied Broadnax's appeal based on the rap lyrics, as well as two other appeals based on the jury selection process and on a recent confession to the murders by his cousin.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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As this increasingly audacious killer develops a devoted following among the city’s powerless, Bishop becomes convinced these murders connect back to SF’s most powerful man, his own father, Lincoln Graves (John Malkovich).—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2026
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However, what's even more ingenious in setting them apart from other horror villains is how the killer offs their victims by using the rules of horror films against them.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Suicides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suicides. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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