attempt suicide

idiom

: to try to kill oneself

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Research shows that people who experience stress from financial issues and debt are 20 times more likely to attempt suicide than those who do not experience this type of stress. Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 5 July 2025 Nearly 24,000 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 attempt suicide each year in the United States, and some 1,100 die. Lillian Ashworth, Oc Register, 25 June 2025 According to the Trevor Project, LGBTQ+ youth are more than four times as likely to attempt suicide as their non-LGBTQ+ peers. Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2025 What your daughter needs now is intensive counseling to help her deal with the issues that drove her to attempt suicide. Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for attempt suicide

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“Attempt suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attempt%20suicide. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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