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At Least 13 People Died by Suicide Amid U.K. Post Office Scandal, Report Says

(www.nytimes.com)
624 points xbryanx | 3 comments | 11 Jul 25 11:56 UTC | HN request time: 1.139s | source
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Horffupolde ◴[11 Jul 25 12:27 UTC] No.44531356[source]▶
Suicide is a verb and result by itself. Would the author also say “he died by murder”?
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1. CoastalCoder ◴[11 Jul 25 12:42 UTC] No.44531462[source]▶
Language evolves, like it or not.

In 2025 English, suicide is most commonly a noun.

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2. whycome ◴[11 Jul 25 14:57 UTC] No.44532872[source]▶
There’s probably a near future where “unalived” becomes an unironic and accepted descriptor.
3. bigstrat2003 ◴[12 Jul 25 06:31 UTC] No.44539832[source]▶
Suicide has never been a verb in English in my 40 years on this earth. The OP claiming it is a verb is... really odd.