take one's life
Commit ultimate self-harm
To take one's life is to kill oneself—a somewhat formal or euphemistic way of describing suicide: She took her own life after years of suffering.
The phrase can also mean to kill another person when the possessive shifts: The accident took his life.
Context and pronoun usually make clear whether the death is self-inflicted or caused by external circumstances.
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- depressionProlonged low state
- mental healthEmotional and cognitive well-being
- stigmaMark of dishonor
dignity · hanging · autonomy · despair · therapy · end it all · last resort · sacrifice · free will · assisted dying · hopelessness · cry for help · drowning · euthanasia · taboo · nihilism · trauma · existentialism
life preservation vs. life termination
take one's lifesave a life
take, takes, taken, taking, taker, takers, retake, retakes, retaken