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語源

From self- +‎ kill. compare 古期英語 selfcwalu (“suicide, self-slaughter”).

動詞

self-kill (三人称単数 現在形 self-kills, 現在分詞 self-killing, 過去形および過去分詞形 self-killed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To kill oneself; commit suicide.
   • 1904, Dickinson School of Law, Penn State law review:

     As his self-killing would not have been murder, his acts done in order to self-kill are not an attempt to murder.

   • 1995, Gavin Fairbairn, Contemplating suicide:

     It might be suggested that if it is possible to think of the acts of people such as John and the young clerk, who kill themselves to wreak revenge on others, as falling short of suicide though they intentionally self kill, […]

派生語

• self-killer
• self-killing