self-kill
self-kill verb: to kill oneself; commit suicide.
Verb
self-kill (third-person singular simple present self-kills, present participle self-killing, simple past and past participle self-killed)
- To kill oneself; commit suicide.
- As his self-killing would not have been murder, his acts done in order to self-kill are not an attempt to murder.1904, Dickinson School of Law, Penn State law review
- It might be suggested that if it is possible to think of the acts of people such as John and the young clerk, who kill themselves to wreak revenge on others, as falling short of suicide though they intentionally self kill, […]1995, Gavin Fairbairn, Contemplating suicide
Forms of self-kill
| third-person singular present | self-kills |
|---|---|
| present participle | self-killing |
| past participle | self-killed |
| past | self-killed |
| alternative form | selfkill |
| alternative form | self kill |
Origin of self-kill
From self- + kill. compare Old English selfcwalu (“suicide, self-slaughter”).
Words formed from self-kill
Questions about self-kill
- What does self-kill mean?
- Self-kill means to kill oneself; commit suicide.
- What part of speech is self-kill?
- Self-kill is a verb.
- What is the past tense of self-kill?
- The past tense of self-kill is self-killed.
Words near self-kill in the dictionary
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