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suicide mission

suicide mission noun: a task which is so dangerous for the people involved that they are not expected to survive.

Noun

suicide mission (plural suicide missions)

  1. A task which is so dangerous for the people involved that they are not expected to survive.
    • He said savagely, "We're apt to catch it anyway—here. You're immune, you don't care, you're safe! The rest of us are on a suicide mission—and damn it, when I die I want to take a few of those monkeys with me!"1958 November, Marion Zimmer Bradley, “The Planet Savers”, in Amazing Stories
    • The soldiers, from a unit north of Baghdad, told family members that they considered the convoy destined for Taji to be a "suicide mission", citing the poor condition of their vehicles and the absence of ground and air support to protect the convoy.2004 October 16, Dan Glaister, “Doubts about US morale in Iraq as troops refuse 'suicide mission'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of suicide mission

pluralsuicide missions

Questions about suicide mission

What does suicide mission mean?
Suicide mission means a task which is so dangerous for the people involved that they are not expected to survive.
What part of speech is suicide mission?
Suicide mission is a noun.
What is the plural of suicide mission?
The plural of suicide mission is suicide missions.

Words near suicide mission in the dictionary

  1. suicide knob
  2. suicide knobs
  3. suicide lane
  4. suicide lanes
  5. suicide letter
  6. suicide mission
  7. suicide missions
  8. suicide net
  9. suicide nets
  10. suicide note
  11. suicide notes

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