self-kill

verb

To kill oneself; commit suicide.

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Meanings

verbself-kill (third-person singular simple present self-kills, present participle self-killing, simple past and past participle self-killed)

present singular third person self-kills · participle present self-killing · participle past self-killed · past self-killed · alternative selfkill · alternative self kill

  1. ambitransitiveTo 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
    1 more example

    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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
commit suicideend one's lifesillycidesuicide

Origin

From self- + kill. compare Old English selfcwalu (“suicide, self-slaughter”).

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APA

self-kill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-kill

MLA

“self-kill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-kill. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-kill,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-kill.

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