suiciding

present participle of suicide

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suiciding
Verb
  • It’s been over three decades since Wood was convicted of murdering six young women and girls and burying their bodies near El Paso – crimes for which he was nicknamed the Desert Killer.
    Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 1 July 2026
  • Ciarre Campbell, brother of veteran NFL lineman Calais Campbell, has been charged with murdering their 71-year-old mother, Nateal, inside her Atlanta home.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Official processes for making purchases are bureaucratic and slow, and procurement teams often decide to take matters into their own hands, wasting money in the process.
    Andrew Zhyvolovych, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • China is not wasting any time in getting this plank of the plan off to a robust start, and that matters.
    Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • Mexican fruit flies are one of the world’s most destructive pests when laying their eggs, destroying or damaging fruit such as apples, grapefruits, avocados, peaches and pears, according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
    Kori McNair, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • But Blue Origin suffered a major setback in May when one of its New Glenn rockets abruptly exploded on the launchpad, destroying vital infrastructure that will take months to rebuild.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Murdaugh, once a powerful personal injury attorney in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, was convicted in 2023 of killing his wife, Maggie, 52, and their younger son, Paul, 22, at the family’s hunting estate in June 2021.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • Shiite and Sunni Muslims have been killing each other for centuries, and the status of women in some Muslims countries is deplorable.
    Kenneth Seeskin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • Baking soda works by absorbing odors and neutralizing musty, acidic smells from mildew, mold, and bacteria.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 July 2026
  • The key will be neutralizing the quality of the chances the team gives up, as Gotham got several high-quality chances.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Arenas also uncharacteristically struggled finishing at the rim and with his shot selection, two skills that previously were seen as strengths.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • McLaren had a slightly less mediocre time, finishing fourth (Oscar Piastri) and seventh (Lando Norris), with Isack Hadjar’s Red Bull in sixth.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • For Cape Verde, Vozinha was excellent at snuffing out the few good chances Spain created on his way to becoming an Instagram phenomenon after one of the World Cup’s great results.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Despite Tiffany Ervin wanting to blindside Rizo Velovic and flush out his idol, the group remained in lockstep on snuffing Rick's torch.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Larry Hayes, 86, and Bill Moniz, 79, hit the tennis courts in Mountain View three to four times a week — whacking balls across the net as teammates for one to three hours a week.
    Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
  • And the crowd clearly expected that pucks whacking the nets would be at a premium in this series, too.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 May 2026
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“Suiciding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suiciding. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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