apparent suicide

Frequency: 5.32.8 per million words

Used when suicide is the suspected but not confirmed cause of death.

suicideADJECTIVE + suicide

Categories:

apparent

Examples (10)

  • The police are investigating the death as an apparent suicide.
  • While the cause of death was initially unclear, it was later ruled an apparent suicide.
  • The autopsy report concluded it was an apparent suicide, though further investigation was ongoing.
  • Investigators treated the incident as an apparent suicide until evidence suggested otherwise.
  • The detective filed the report as an apparent suicide pending confirmation.
  • After reviewing all the evidence, the coroner declared it an apparent suicide.
  • The family requested that the death be treated as an apparent suicide.
  • The circumstances surrounding the death pointed strongly towards an apparent suicide.
  • It was an apparent suicide, but the lack of a note left some questions unanswered.
  • The official statement listed the cause of death as apparent suicide.