Murder and Suicide

Murder

Murder noun - A situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness.

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Suicide and murder are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Suicide" instead a noun "Murder".

Suicide noun - The act of deliberately killing oneself.

Usage example: teenagers are more prone to suicide because they mistakenly believe their troubles are insurmountable

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Murder and suicide are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Murder" instead a noun "Suicide".

Nearby Words: suicidal, suicided, suiciding

elaborate	elaborate murder	elaborate suicide
mass	mass murder	mass suicide
ritual	ritual murder	ritual suicide
original	original murder	original suicide
Other adjectives: simple, actual, real, successful, violent, infamous, tragic, deliberate, supposed, political, possible, apparent, accidental, outright, subsequent, last, eventual, intentional, alleged, attempted, ritualistic.

A suicide pact (rather, a murder/suicide pact) is what drives the season 6 Christmas episode of The X-Files.

Source: Suicide Pact
Dexter: In a season 6 episode Dexter solves one case of murder/suicide super quickly and the new detective is very impressed with his skills in blood spatter analysis.

Source: Murder-Suicide
Riddle for the Ages: It's never entirely clear whether the death of Wolfgang Zanic was murder or suicide.

Source: Series / Top Of The Lake

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