suicide note
English
Noun
suicide note (plural suicide notes)
- A message, usually a written note, left by someone who later attempts or commits suicide, usually explaining the reason for the suicide.
- 2014 December 28, Patrick Wintour, quoting David Laws, “George Osborne public spending plan ‘a political suicide note’, says David Laws”, in The Guardian:
- The Liberal Democrats have made their boldest step yet to distance themselves from Conservative economic policy when David Laws, a former deputy to George Osborne, described the chancellor’s public spending plans to 2020 as a political suicide note.
- 2020 December 16, Katharine Murphy, quoting John Howard, “Trump ‘penned political suicide note’ at every Covid press conference, former Australian PM says”, in The Guardian:
- The former Australian prime minister John Howard has said Donald Trump penned a lengthy “political suicide note” with his “terrible” handling of the coronavirus pandemic, without which the Republican would have prevailed against Joe Biden.
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Translations
message left by a suicide
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