Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suicide mission

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

Syllables: sui-cide mis-sion
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A task which is so dangerous for the people involved that they are not expected to survive.

Example Sentences

"He said savagely, "We're apt to catch it anyway—here. You're immune, you don't care, you're safe! The rest of us are on a suicide mission—and damn it, when I die I want to take a few of those monkeys with me!""
"The soldiers, from a unit north of Baghdad, told family members that they considered the convoy destined for Taji to be a "suicide mission", citing the poor condition of their vehicles and the absence of ground and air support to protect the convoy."

Inflected Forms

suicide missions (plural)

Synonyms

martyr operation sacrifice operation

Questions

What does suicide mission mean?: A task which is so dangerous for the people involved that they are not expected to survive.

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