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
Heather Hollingsworth, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The American Civil Liberties Union and federal public defenders said inmates' rights had been violated and there were stabbings, suicides and even one homicide.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
However, the trend eventually evolved as a solution to promote better mental health and combat the rising number of youth suicides in Japan.
—Julia Ries Wexler, Outside, 12 Mar. 2026
Attorneys representing inmates there said the facility’s culture of violence and inattentiveness led to two suicides and at least 10 severe beatings and stabbings in its final year of operation.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026
Homicides, the fourth leading cause of death, declined for the second consecutive year, while suicides — the fifth leading cause — increased by 21% in 2024 after several years of relatively stable rates, the report said.
—City News Service, Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
But that's what happened with my recent IndyStar investigation into suicides at Indiana State Prison, a maximum security facility in Northwest Indiana where nearly the entire mental health staff left amid a growing suicide crisis.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 8 Mar. 2026
May 8 at Singing Hills Golf Club at Sycuan to raise money for its horsemanship program that is intended to prevent suicides of veterans, active-duty military and first responders.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
The allegations come at a pivotal point for the elite private school and its community, which weathered a cluster of student suicides in 2023 that reportedly led a parent of one of the students to take his own life.
—Deanna Kizis, Vanity Fair, 4 Mar. 2026
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The American Civil Liberties Union and federal public defenders said inmates’ rights had been violated and there were stabbings, suicides and even one homicide.
—Heather Hollingsworth, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The American Civil Liberties Union and federal public defenders said inmates' rights had been violated and there were stabbings, suicides and even one homicide.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
However, the trend eventually evolved as a solution to promote better mental health and combat the rising number of youth suicides in Japan.
—Julia Ries Wexler, Outside, 12 Mar. 2026
Attorneys representing inmates there said the facility’s culture of violence and inattentiveness led to two suicides and at least 10 severe beatings and stabbings in its final year of operation.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026
Homicides, the fourth leading cause of death, declined for the second consecutive year, while suicides — the fifth leading cause — increased by 21% in 2024 after several years of relatively stable rates, the report said.
—City News Service, Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
But that's what happened with my recent IndyStar investigation into suicides at Indiana State Prison, a maximum security facility in Northwest Indiana where nearly the entire mental health staff left amid a growing suicide crisis.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 8 Mar. 2026
May 8 at Singing Hills Golf Club at Sycuan to raise money for its horsemanship program that is intended to prevent suicides of veterans, active-duty military and first responders.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
The allegations come at a pivotal point for the elite private school and its community, which weathered a cluster of student suicides in 2023 that reportedly led a parent of one of the students to take his own life.
—Deanna Kizis, Vanity Fair, 4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suicides
Noun
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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 (Malkovich).—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2026
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Her debut, Leaving Atlanta, narrates the Atlanta child murders committed between 1979 and 1981—when Jones herself was growing up there—through the eyes of child protagonists whose mix of knowing and naivete would be at home in the work of Henry James.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 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 20 Mar. 2026.
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