suicidal

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Pertaining to suicide.

   • He is an authority on the precursors of suicidal behavior.
2. 2

   Of a person, likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide.

   • After losing his job, his wife, and his leg in a single week, he became suicidal.
   • The campaign aimed to give commuters the confidence to trust their own instincts and intervene if they spot someone vulnerable who may be at risk of suicide, and to talk to them to interrupt their suicidal thoughts.
   • Seven people were killed and 66 injured after a High Speed Train slammed into a stationary vehicle that had been parked across the main line by a suicidal driver.
3. 3

   Of a voluntarily-chosen course of action, highly likely to certain to result in the…

   Of a voluntarily-chosen course of action, highly likely to certain to result in the deaths of the participants; dangerous or reckless to such a degree as to be tantamount to suicide for those taking part.

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   1. 4

      Extremely reckless.

      • His driving habits are utterly suicidal.
      • “We’ve got civilizational suicidal empathy going on,” Musk said, borrowing the term from Gad Saad, a Canadian scholar who is also a frequent Rogan host.
   2. 5

      Someone suicidal

      Someone suicidal; someone likely to kill themselves.

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