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murders by suicide

murders by suicide is the plural of murder by suicide.

Meaning of murder by suicide

Noun

murder by suicide (countable and uncountable, plural murders by suicide)

  1. 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

Questions about murders by suicide

What is murders by suicide the plural of?
Murders by suicide is the plural of murder by suicide.

Words near murders by suicide in the dictionary

  1. Murderopolis
  2. murderous
  3. murderously
  4. murderousness
  5. murders
  6. murders by suicide
  7. murders in the first degree
  8. murders in the second degree
  9. murders-for-hire
  10. murdersome
  11. murdery

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