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Common collocations with suicide in American Collocation

suicide noun

US /ˈsuɪˌsaɪd/

involving a particular group of people

male
teenage
young
youth

Papyrus is a voluntary organisation committed to the prevention of young suicide.

helped by another person

assisted
physician-assisted

At present, euthanasia and assisted suicide are illegal under British law.

tried but not succeeded

attempted

There have been several attempted suicides at the prison.

seeming to be a suicide

apparent

His teenage daughter’s been found dead in an apparent suicide.

involving many people who all kill themselves

mass

It was 1978 when the People’s Temple cult committed mass suicide in the jungles of Guyana.

commit suicide

commit

Every 40 seconds, someone in the world commits suicide.

try to commit suicide

attempt

Once a person has attempted suicide, he or she is more at risk of trying again.

think about committing suicide

consider
contemplate

Her anxiety was very great, and there were times when she seriously contemplated suicide.

say you will commit suicide

threaten

He has threatened suicide on two occasions in the past.

reduce or prevent suicides

prevent
reduce

If you can directly affect that pattern of thinking then you have a better chance of preventing suicides in people in crisis.

an attempt to commit suicide

attempt
bid

He had rescued a man from a suicide bid in the River Seine.

the number of people who commit suicide

rate

American whites have a suicide rate double that of blacks, and that has long puzzled sociologists.

someone who has committed suicide

victim

Depression is present in the majority of suicide victims.

an agreement by two or more people to commit suicide

pact

The couple had made a suicide pact and had both taken pills.

the risk of someone committing suicide

risk

Alcohol abuse has long been associated with suicide risk.

a message left by someone who commits suicide

note

The bullies were named in Marie’s suicide note which prompted an investigation.

attack

attack
bomb
bombing
terrorism

At least 18 people were killed this morning in suicide attacks on Iraqi police stations.