See Also: rive(1)(dictionary)
rive(2)(dictionary)
rive(medicine)
suicide(dictionary)
Suicide(health)
suicide(1)(dictionary)
suicide(2)(dictionary)
suicide(encyclopedia)
Suicide(medicine)
assisted suicide(dictionary)

rive(1) (iou) and suicide (oh)


rive(1) (iou)



rive noun. Chiefly Scot. E16.
[from the verb.]
A pull, a tug, a tear, a rent, a crack.

suicide (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: sui 'of oneself' + English -cide]
the act of killing yourself
::More people commit suicide at Christmas than at any Other time.
::My mother attempted suicide on many occasions.
::He apparently left a suicide note (=letter explaining his reasons for killing himself) .
see usage note kill 1
political/economic suicide
something you do that ruins your good position in Politics or the economy
::He said a vote for Labour would be a vote for economic suicide.
suicide attack/mission/bombing etc
an attack etc in which the person who carries out the attack deliberately kills himself or herself in the process of killing Other people