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Sui Tang Yanyi
Sui Tang Yanyi is a 100-chapter historical novel compiled by the early Qing writer Chu Renhuo in 1695, covering about 170 years of Sui and Tang history.
Sui Wenjing
Sui Wenjing (隋文静), Chinese pair skater born 1995 in Harbin; with Han Cong won 2022 Olympic gold (239.88, Olympic record), 2017 and 2019 world titles, retired, then returned for 2025/26.
Sui-Tang Luoyang City Site
隋唐洛阳城遗址 (Sui-Tang Luoyang City Site): capital founded 605 CE in Luoyang, ~47 km², used 530+ years through Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Northern Song; National Archaeological Site Park (2010) and Grand Canal World Heritage (2014).
Sui-ur Linea
Sui-ur Linea is a 700 km linear feature (linea) on Venus at 61°S, 260°E in quadrangle V-60, adopted by the IAU in 1997 and named for the Mansi wife of the war god.
Sui–Chen border campaigns before the final conquest
The Sui–Chen border campaigns (隋陈边境战争) were the Sui dynasty's military preparations against the Chen dynasty along the Yangtze from 581, ending with Chen's conquest in 589.
Suicheng
Suicheng (遂城) names several Chinese places: the 256,665-person subdistrict seat of Suining County in Xuzhou, Jiangsu; Suixi County's seat subdistrict in Guangdong (est. 2022); and the historical Hebei county called 'Iron Suicheng' for Yang Yanzhao's defense against Liao sieges.
Suicidal Angels
Suicidal Angels is a Greek thrash metal band from Athens, formed in 2001 by Nick Melissourgos, who has released eight studio albums, most recently Profane Prayer (2024).
Suicidal empathy
Suicidal empathy, coined by Gad Saad, is a polemical term for misplaced compassion driving self-destructive Western policy; popularized by Elon Musk in 2025 and Saad's 2026 book Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind, and criticized as rhetoric rather than science.
Suicidal ideation
Suicidal ideation, also called suicidal thoughts, is thinking about or planning suicide, from passive desire to be dead to active intent. About 15.6% of US adults experience it in their lifetime; risk scales predict suicide poorly, and CBT-based treatments reduce it.
Suicidal Idol
SUICIDAL-IDOL, also known as gore.x.shawty, is the stage name of Alupe Tolentino, a Los Angeles hyperpop/scenecore artist whose 2021 single "ecstacy" went TikTok-viral in 2023 and earned US Platinum certification.
Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies: Venice, California crossover thrash band founded by Mike Muir (1981), pioneers of thrash crossover with the 1983 debut and 'Institutionalized', two US gold records, active with Muir, Weinman, Pleasants, Tye Trujillo, and Ware.
Suicide
Suicide: death caused by self-injury with intent to die; over 720,000 deaths yearly, third leading cause among ages 15–29, 73% in low- and middle-income countries; preventable through means restriction, support, and WHO LIVE LIFE interventions.
Suicide (band)
Suicide: American electronic duo formed in New York around 1970 by Alan Vega and Martin Rev; December 1977 self-titled debut on Red Star Records; godfathers of no wave and pioneers of synth punk.
Suicide (wrestling)
Suicide is a masked TNA/Impact Wrestling gimmick created by Midway Games for the 2008 TNA Impact! video game, debuted on TV in December 2008, played by several wrestlers including Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian, and revealed as TJ Perkins (Manik) in 2013.
Suicide among autistic individuals
Suicide among autistic individuals: elevated suicidal ideation (about 34%), attempts (24%), and roughly threefold higher suicide death risk versus non-autistic people, per meta-analyses and registry studies.
Suicide attack
Suicide attack (also suicide bombing, martyrdom operation): an attack in which the perpetrator intends to die while killing for a political cause. 13 times deadlier than other terrorism; first major modern attack was the 1981 Iraqi embassy bombing in Beirut; LTTE invented the suicide vest.
Suicide attempt
Suicide attempt: a non-fatal, self-inflicted act with any intent to end one's life, also called attempted suicide or parasuicide. Covers definitions, US 2024 estimates (2.2 million adult attempts), post-attempt suicide risk, and risk factors.
Suicide bag
Suicide bag, also called exit bag, is a plastic bag placed over the head for asphyxiation, promoted in right-to-die literature such as Final Exit (1991); US plastic-bag asphyxiation suicides rose 30.8% in the year it was published.
Suicide bridge
A suicide bridge is a bridge that gains a reputation as a frequent site for suicide by jumping, one of the most common suicide hotspot types.
Suicide by cop
Suicide by cop, also known as police-assisted suicide or officer-assisted suicide, is when a suicidal person deliberately threatens police with a weapon so officers shoot in self-defense.
Suicide by electrocution
Suicide by electrocution, a rare method of suicide caused by electric current, about 0.2% of UK suicides (222 of 102,163, 2005-2021), one quarter of electrocution deaths in autopsy series, with cardiac arrhythmia as the fatal mechanism.
Suicide by firearm
Suicide by firearm: a suicide committed with a gun; the leading method of US suicide (27,300 deaths, over half in 2023) and the most lethal method (about 89.6% case fatality), addressed through lethal means counseling, secure storage, and ERPOs.
Suicide by hanging
Suicide by hanging is a form of asphyxia in which the weight of the body tightens a ligature around the neck, one of the most common suicide methods worldwide and around 70% fatal per attempt.
Suicide by jumping from height
Suicide by jumping from height: a lethal but uncommon suicide method from bridges, buildings, cliffs, and terraces. Barriers and nets at hotspots cut site suicides by roughly 90%; displacement evidence is mixed.
Suicide by pilot
Suicide by pilot, also called aircraft-assisted pilot suicide, is a pilot's deliberate use of an aircraft to end their own life, sometimes also killing passengers and people on the ground.
Suicide by poisoning
Suicide by poisoning: intentional ingestion or introduction of toxic substances such as pesticides, medications, or household chemicals as a suicide method; a leading method worldwide, especially pesticide self-poisoning in low- and middle-income countries, with case fatality varying by agent and strong evidence that means restriction saves lives.
Suicide Club (自殺サークル) (film)
Suicide Club (自殺サークル, Jisatsu Sākuru), also Suicide Circle, is a 2001 Japanese horror-mystery film written and directed by Sion Sono, released March 9, 2002, opening with 54 schoolgirls' mass suicide at Shinjuku station; sequel Noriko's Dinner Table.
Suicide door
A suicide door is an automobile door hinged at its rear edge, so it swings open toward the rear; automakers prefer terms like coach door.
Suicide gene therapy
Suicide gene therapy, also called gene-directed enzyme prodrug therapy (GDEPT), is a cancer treatment in which tumor cells are given a gene that converts a harmless prodrug into a toxin.
Suicide in India
Suicide in India: major public health issue; MDS estimated ~187,000 deaths in 2010 (ages 15+), NCRB reported rate 12.4 per lakh in 2022; Mental Healthcare Act 2017 decriminalized suicide; NSPS 2022 targets 10% reduction by 2030.