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suicide watch

suicide watch noun: a period of monitoring of someone, especially a prisoner deemed likely to commit suicide, to ensure they do not attempt suicide.

Noun

suicide watch (countable and uncountable, plural suicide watches)

  1. A period of monitoring of someone, especially a prisoner deemed likely to commit suicide, to ensure they do not attempt suicide.
    • be on suicide watch
    • put someone on suicide watch

Forms of suicide watch

pluralsuicide watches

Questions about suicide watch

What does suicide watch mean?
Suicide watch means a period of monitoring of someone, especially a prisoner deemed likely to commit suicide, to ensure they do not attempt suicide.
What part of speech is suicide watch?
Suicide watch is a noun.
What is the plural of suicide watch?
The plural of suicide watch is suicide watches.

Words near suicide watch in the dictionary

  1. suicide Tuesdays
  2. suicide vest
  3. suicide vests
  4. suicide victim
  5. suicide victims
  6. suicide watch
  7. suicide watches
  8. suicided
  9. suicidee
  10. suicidees
  11. suicidelike

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