bullycide

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English

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Etymology

Blend of bully +‎ suicide

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbʊ.li.saɪd/
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Noun

bullycide (countable and uncountable, plural bullycides)

  1. A suicide resulting from depression caused by bullying, especially among children.
    • 2003, Gail Pursell Elliott, School mobbing and emotional abuse:
      Our research reveals that each year in the UK at least sixteen children commit bullycide...
    • 2007, Tamra B Orr, Sandra Giddens, Linda Bickerstaff, Suicide:
      Jared's loss by bullycide on September 29, 1998, filled our lives with grief...

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