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commit suicide (third-person singular simple present commits suicide, present participle committing suicide, simple past and past participle committed suicide)

1. To kill oneself intentionally; to take one's own life. (This entry is a translation hub.) Synonyms: suicide, kill oneself; see also Thesaurus:commit suicide

Usage notes

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• The conventional verb construction is to commit suicide. Mental health organizations discourage this usage as outdated and stigmatizing; suggested alternatives include die by suicide, suicide (verb), or rephrasings without the word suicide, such as took one's own life or killed oneself.[1][2][3] Euphemisms, such as take the easy way out,[4] are discouraged.[5]

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Afrikaans: selfmoord pleeg Arabic: اِنْتَحَرَ (intaḥara) Armenian: ինքնասպան լինել (inkʻnaspan linel) Assamese: আত্মহত্যা কৰ (atmohoitta kor) Azerbaijani: intihar etmək Belarusian: ско́нчыць жыццё самагу́бствам pf (skónčycʹ žyccjó samahúbstvam), пако́нчыць з сабо́й pf (pakónčycʹ z sabój) Bengali: আত্মহত্যা করা (attohotta kora) Biatah Bidayuh: bitŭkŭŭ Bulgarian: извърши самоубийство pf (izvǎrši samoubijstvo) Burmese: ကိုယ့်ကိုယ်ကိုသတ်သေ (my) (kuiy.kuiykuisatse) Catalan: suïcidar-se (ca) Cebuano: hikog Chinese: Cantonese: 自殺 / 自杀 (zi6 saat3) Mandarin: 自殺 / 自杀 (zh) (zìshā), 自盡 / 自尽 (zh) (zìjìn) Czech: spáchat sebevraždu pf Danish: begå selvmord, tage sig af dage Dupaningan Agta: magmunas Dutch: zelfmoord plegen Esperanto: mortigi sin, sinmortigi Estonian: enesetappu sooritama, enesetapu sooritama Faroese: taka lívið av sær Finnish: tehdä itsemurha French: se suicider (fr), mettre fin à ses jours (fr), sortir par la porte de Tellier (fr), francetélécomer (fr) (informal), s'autolyser (fr), se brûler la cervelle (fr), se buter (fr) (slang), se donner la mort (fr), se faire sauter la cervelle (fr) (colloquial), se faire sauter le caisson (fr) (slang), se supprimer (fr) Galician: suicidarse, matarse (gl) German: Selbstmord begehen Greek: αυτοκτονώ (el) (aftoktonó) Hebrew: הִתְאַבֵּד (he) (hit'abéd) Hindi: आत्महत्या करना (ātmahatyā karnā) Hungarian: öngyilkosságot követ el, öngyilkos lesz Ido: su-ocidar (io), ocidar su Indonesian: bunuh diri (id) Irish: lámh a chur i do bhás féin, giorrú leat féin Italian: suicidarsi (it), togliersi la vita Japanese: 自殺する (ja) (じさつする, jisatsu suru), 自死する (jishi suru) Kapampangan: magpakamate Kazakh: өзін-өзі мерт қылу (özın-özı mert qylu), өз жанын өзі қию (öz janyn özı qiü) Khmer: ធ្វើអត្តឃាតខ្លួនឯង (tvəə atta’ kʰiet kluən aeŋ) Korean: 자인하다 (ko) (jain-hada), 자살하다 (ko) (jasal-hada) Kyrgyz: өз жанын кыюу (öz janın kıyuu) Lao: ຂ້າຕົວຕາຍ (khā tūa tāi) Latin: mihi mortem conscisco Macedonian: вр́ши самоу́биство impf (vŕši samoúbistvo), извр́шува самоу́биство pf (izvŕšuva samoúbistvo) Malay: bunuh diri (ms) Mongolian: амиа хорлох (amia xorlox) Norman: sé suicider, s'mêfaithe Norwegian: begå selvmord Persian: خودکشی کردن (xod-koši kardan) Polish: popełnić samobójstwo pf, odebrać sobie życie pf Portuguese: suicidar-se, cometer suicídio Romanian: sinucide (ro) Russian: поко́нчить жизнь самоуби́йством pf (pokónčitʹ žiznʹ samoubíjstvom), поко́нчить с собо́й (ru) pf (pokónčitʹ s sobój), наложи́ть на себя́ ру́ки (ru) pf (naložítʹ na sebjá rúki), свести́ счёты с жи́знью pf (svestí sčóty s žíznʹju), соверши́ть самоуби́йство pf (soveršítʹ samoubíjstvo), самоуби́ться (ru) pf (samoubítʹsja) (mostly colloquial), вы́пилиться (ru) pf (výpilitʹsja) (colloquial), суици́днуться (ru) pf (suicídnutʹsja) (colloquial), роскомнадзо́рнуться (ru) pf (roskomnadzórnutʹsja) (colloquial, usually Internet slang) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: извршити самоубиство pf Roman: izvršiti samoubistvo pf Sikkimese: ལྕེ་བ (lce ba) Slovak: spáchať samovraždu pf Slovene: naredíti samomòr pf Spanish: suicidarse (es) Swedish: begå självmord (sv), ta livet av sig (sv), ta sitt liv (sv) Tagalog: magpakamatay, magpatiwakal Tajik: худкушӣ кардан (xudkuši kardan) Tamil: தற்கொலை செய் (taṟkolai cey), தற்கொலை பண்ணு (taṟkolai paṇṇu) Telugu: please add this translation if you can Thai: ปลงชีวิต (th) (bplong chee-wít), ฆ่าตัวตาย (th) (kâa dtua dtaai), คิดสั้น (th) (kít-sân) Turkish: intihar etmek Ukrainian: покі́нчити життя́ самогу́бством pf (pokínčyty žyttjá samohúbstvom), покі́нчити з собо́ю pf (pokínčyty z sobóju), накла́сти на се́бе ру́ки pf (naklásty na sébe rúky), зво́дити раху́нки з життя́м impf (zvódyty raxúnky z žyttjám), звести́ раху́нки з життя́м pf (zvestý raxúnky z žyttjám) Urdu: خودکشی کرنا (xudkuśī karnā) Vietnamese: tự tử (vi), tự sát (vi) Walloon: si mete a fén (wa), si distrure (wa), fé l' fén d' lu-minme (wa), fé måleur di s' coir Zhuang: gaggaj

References

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1. ^ Grey, Sarah (22 February 2018), “Conscious Language in The American Heritage Dictionary”, in Conscious Style Guide‎[1], retrieved 30 June 2021
2. ^ “Commit suicide”, in Cambridge Dictionary‎[2], 30 June 2021 (last accessed)
3. ^ “Suicide”, in Dictionary.com, 30 June 2021 (last accessed)
4. ^ Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary. S.v. "take the easy way out." Retrieved April 11 2025 from https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/take+the+easy+way+out
5. ^ Samaritans Do's and Don'ts 2024 "Talk directly about suicide. AVOID euphemisms."

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