"self-death" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: self-deaths [plural]
Etymology: From self + death. Etymology templates: {{com|en|self|death}} self + death Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} self-death (countable and uncountable, plural self-deaths)
  1. (euphemistic) Suicide. Tags: countable, euphemistic, uncountable
    Sense id: en-self-death-en-noun-T3XrME1U Categories (other): English euphemisms
  2. (biology) Apoptosis. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-self-death-en-noun-nPvard3I Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: selfdeath

Verb [English]

Forms: self-deaths [present, singular, third-person], self-deathing [participle, present], self-deathed [participle, past], self-deathed [past]
Etymology: From self + death. Etymology templates: {{com|en|self|death}} self + death Head templates: {{en-verb}} self-death (third-person singular simple present self-deaths, present participle self-deathing, simple past and past participle self-deathed)
  1. (rare, euphemistic) To commit suicide. Tags: euphemistic, rare Derived forms: self-deathing
    Sense id: en-self-death-en-verb-nOopBRgs Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 39 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: selfdeath

Inflected forms

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