assisted suicide

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assisted suicide

noun assisted suicides

  1. countable, uncountable A suicide with the assistance of another individual; especially the suicide of a terminally ill person with the assistance of a physician. It was daring of Lena Dunham, the show’s writer and creator, to introduce this particular plot twist. Assisted suicide is one of the subjects that American television shows steadily avoid.

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noun suicide with the help of another person

Españolsuicidio asistido
中文輔助自殺 /辅助自杀 fǔzhù zìshā, 協助自殺 /协助自杀 xiézhù zìshā
Portuguêssuicídio assistido
Françaissuicide assisté
Deutschassistierter Suizid
Italianosuicidio assistito
Ελληνικάυποβοηθούμενη αυτοκτονία ypovoïthoúmeni aftoktonía

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@misc{assisted_suicide_2026,
  title = {assisted suicide},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/assisted%20suicide},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}