"murder by suicide" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: murders by suicide [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|murders by suicide}} murder by suicide (countable and uncountable, plural murders by suicide)
  1. An act (such as a suicide bombing) in which an individual kills one or more other persons before, or at the same time as, killing himself or herself; the act of killing others and oneself in this way. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Crime, Suicide Related terms: crime of passion, genocide, massacre, mass murder, serial killer, spree killer, suicide attack, terrorism

Inflected forms

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