Self-destructionWordNet Explorer

the act of killing yourself

the act of terminating a life

suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possible

an act of deliberate self destruction

ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society

the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband

the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists