murder by suicide
murder by suicide noun: an act (such as a suicide bombing) in which a person kills one or more other persons before, or while, killing himself or herself; the act of killing others and oneself in this way.
Noun
murder by suicide (countable and uncountable, plural murders by suicide)
- An act (such as a suicide bombing) in which a person kills one or more other persons before, or while, killing himself or herself; the act of killing others and oneself in this way.
- We may arrange for the best airport security in the world, but if you want to commit murder by suicide, you don’t have to board a plane to explode yourself and kill many people.2006, Haim Harari, View from the Eye of the Storm: Terror And Reason in the Middle East, page 33
Forms of murder by suicide
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Questions about murder by suicide
- What does murder by suicide mean?
- Murder by suicide means an act (such as a suicide bombing) in which a person kills one or more other persons before, or while, killing himself or herself; the act of killing others and oneself in this way.
- What part of speech is murder by suicide?
- Murder by suicide is a noun.
- What is the plural of murder by suicide?
- The plural of murder by suicide is murders by suicide.
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