self-destruction

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the act of killing yourself
  2. noun the act of destroying yourself

Synonyms

suicide, self-annihilation

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
killing
Narrower (hyponyms)
assisted suicide, harakiri, felo-de-se, suttee

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