suicide

suicide

Acte de provoquer volontairement sa propre mort.

En anglais simple : The act of deliberately causing your own death.

• Suicide prevention is part of their work.
• The report shows a fall in suicide rates.
• Her brother died by suicide several years ago.

Synonymes : taking one’s own life

Expressions courantes : suicide prevention, attempted suicide, die by suicide

suicide

Action risquant de ruiner l’avenir d’une personne, de détruire une organisation ou de coûter la vie à quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : An action likely to destroy a person’s future, an organization, or possibly someone’s life.

• Ignoring those voters would be political suicide.
• Opening another shop now could be financial suicide.
• He knew that publishing the accusation might mean career suicide.

Synonymes : self-destruction

Expressions courantes : political suicide, career suicide, financial suicide

suicidé

Personne qui a volontairement causé sa propre mort.

En anglais simple : A person who deliberately caused their own death.

• The old report described him as a suicide.
• The cemetery records listed three suicides that year.
• A suicide was sometimes denied burial in the village churchyard.

Synonymes : autocide, self-killer, self-murderer, self-slayer

Expressions courantes : a suspected suicide, burial of a suicide