suicider
French → English
(reflexive) To commit suicide: the act of intentionally causing one's own death
Il s'est suicidé après avoir perdu toute sa fortune à la bourse.
(English) He committed suicide after losing all his fortune on the stock market.
L'écrivain a tenté de se suicider en absorbant une dose massive de somnifères.
(English) The writer tried to commit suicide by taking a massive dose of sleeping pills.
(metaphor) To ruin: to destroy something valuable or desirable (like a career) by one's own actions
En acceptant ce pot-de-vin, le politicien a fini par suicider sa carrière publique.
(English) By accepting this bribe, the politician ended up ruining his public career.
Il a suicidé sa gloire par son mépris constant des règles les plus élémentaires.
(English) He destroyed his fame through his constant contempt for the most basic rules.
Entry ID: fr:en:suicider · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary