"self-kill" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: self-kills [present, singular, third-person], self-killing [participle, present], self-killed [participle, past], self-killed [past]
Etymology: From self- + kill. compare Old English selfcwalu (“suicide, self-slaughter”). Etymology templates: {{pre|en|self|kill}} self- + kill, {{cog|ang|selfcwalu|t=suicide, self-slaughter}} Old English selfcwalu (“suicide, self-slaughter”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} self-kill (third-person singular simple present self-kills, present participle self-killing, simple past and past participle self-killed)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To kill oneself; commit suicide. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Suicide Synonyms: selfkill, self kill Derived forms: self-killer, self-killing
    Sense id: en-self-kill-en-verb-tPgP7iIX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with self-

Inflected forms

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