No. 1,909 in Turkish
intihar
Suicide.
In a sentence
O, intihar etmeyi düşündüğünü söyledi.
He said he was thinking about committing suicide.
Here, 'intihar' ('suicide') is used as a direct object to indicate the act of considering taking one's own life.
Bu kadar güzel bir hayatı mahvetmek, hayallerin intiharıdır.
Ruining such a beautiful life is the suicide of dreams.
'Intihar' is used metaphorically here to describe the destruction of something ideal or symbolic, in this case, 'dreams'.
Sosyal medyada içerik paylaşmadan önce, dijital intihar risklerini düşünmeliyiz.
Before sharing content on social media, we should consider the risks of digital suicide.
In this example, 'digital suicide' refers to the deliberate disappearance from digital platforms, illustrating an extended usage of the term.
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