self-kill en · VERB
Etymology
From self- + kill. compare Old English selfcwalu (“suicide, self-slaughter”).
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) 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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| self-kills | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| self kill | alternative | lexicographic | |
| self-killed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| self-killed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| selfkill | alternative | lexicographic | |
| self-killing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |