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- noun Travel for the purpose of
committing suicide , as for example to a country where theterminally ill are permitted to die.
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And though the majority who die this way are citizens, Switzerland is one of the few countries that also allows foreigners to travel there for the purpose, a practice critics have derided as “suicide tourism.”
A “suicide pod” in Switzerland roils the right-to-die debate. Marin Cogan 2024
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