"end one's life" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: ends one's life [present, singular, third-person], ending one's life [participle, present], ended one's life [participle, past], ended one's life [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} end one's life (third-person singular simple present ends one's life, present participle ending one's life, simple past and past participle ended one's life)
  1. To commit suicide. Synonyms: take one's own life
    Sense id: en-end_one's_life-en-verb-nOopBRgs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16
  2. To spend the rest of one's life a certain way. Synonyms: end one's days
    Sense id: en-end_one's_life-en-verb-WAXvzO-L

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