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Ruin of one's own interests. "Intestine war, which may be justly called political suicide." V. Knox.

The voluntary failure of the members of a race or people to have a number of children sufficient to keep the birth rate equal to the death rate.

nce, or loses his life while engaged in the commission of an unlawful or malicious act; a suicide. Burrill.

very venomous. It is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called Cleopatra's snake or asp. See Asp.

Suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; disembowelment; -- also written, but incorrectly, hari-kari. W. E. Griffis.

e's self, or To lay violent hands on one's self, to injure one's self; specif., to commit suicide. -- To lay heads together, to consult. -- To lay hold of, or To lay hold on, to seize; to catch. -- To lay in, to store; to provide. -- To lay it on, to apply without stint. Shak. -- To lay on, to apply with force; to…

One who destroys himself; a suicide.

The destruction of one's self; self-murder; suicide. Milton.

The act of killing one's self; suicide. Hakewill.

Suicide.

A suicide.

Suicide. Shak.

A woman who suggests. "The suggestress of suicides." De Quincey.

Partaking of, or of the nature of, the crime or suicide. -- Su"i*ci`dal*ly, adv.

ungary about the year 1730. The persons who turn vampires are generally wizards, witches, suicides, and persons who have come to a violent end, or have been cursed by their parents or by the church, Encyc. Brit.