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We have found lemma(root) word of suicides : suicide.
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[ˈsuːɪsʌɪd], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the action of killing oneself intentionally
(e.g: in January last year he died by suicide)
- a course of action that is disastrously damaging to oneself or one's own interests
(e.g: it would be political suicide to restrict criteria for unemployment benefit)
- a running drill consisting of a sprint to a set point (especially a line on a basketball court) and back to the start, immediately followed by additional sprints of lengthening distances
(e.g: we shot free throws and if we missed we ran suicides)
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Origin
:
mid 17th century: from modern Latin suicidium ‘act of suicide’, suicida ‘person who commits suicide’, from Latin sui ‘of oneself’ + caedere ‘kill’
[ˈsuːɪsʌɪd], (Verb)
Definitions:
- intentionally kill oneself
(e.g: he leaves the service and then suicides)
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Origin
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mid 17th century: from modern Latin suicidium ‘act of suicide’, suicida ‘person who commits suicide’, from Latin sui ‘of oneself’ + caedere ‘kill’
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