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Definition of Self-annihilation
1. Noun. The act of killing yourself. "It is a crime to commit suicide"
Generic synonyms: Kill, Killing, Putting To Death
Specialized synonyms: Assisted Suicide, Felo-de-se, Hara-kiri, Harakiri, Harikari, Seppuku, Suttee
Derivative terms: Self-destroy, Self-destruct, Suicidal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-annihilation
Literary usage of Self-annihilation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations by David Hartley (1834)
"To deduce practical Observations on Self-interest and self-annihilation. First,
then, The vicious pleasures of sensation, imagination, and ambition, ..."
2. Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations by David Hartley (1834)
"To deduce practical Observations on Self-interest and Self-Annihilation. First,
then, The vicious pleasures of sensation, imagination, and ambition, ..."
3. Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian by Mathews (Anne Jackson) (1839)
"Power of self-annihilation in Mr. Mathews. FEELING the effects of his most serious
accident of 1814 increasing, and, doubtless, other undisclosed sufferings ..."
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