murder by suicide

English

Noun

murder by suicide (countable and uncountable, plural murders by suicide)

1. An act (such as a suicide bombing) in which an individual kills one or more other persons before, or at the same time as, killing himself or herself; the act of killing others and oneself in this way.
   • 2006, Haim Harari, View from the Eye of the Storm: Terror And Reason in the Middle East‎^[1], page 33:

     We may arrange for the best airport security in the world, but if you want to commit murder by suicide, you don't have to board a plane to explode yourself and kill many people.

See also

• crime of passion
• genocide
• massacre
• mass murder
• serial killer
• spree killer
• suicide attack
• terrorism

Further reading

• Murder–suicide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia