Definition

1. Verb:
   • To force to commit suicide; to compel to kill oneself: The act of applying extreme pressure, threats, or unbearable circumstances that leave an individual with no perceived alternative but to end their own life.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Kẻ thù đã bức tử anh ấy bằng những lời đe dọa khủng khiếp. (The enemy forced him to commit suicide with terrible threats.)
  • Áp lực công việc quá lớn có thể bức tử một người. (Extreme work pressure can force a person to commit suicide.)
  • Họ bị cáo buộc bức tử nạn nhân. (They were accused of forcing the victim to commit suicide.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is often used in legal, journalistic, or formal contexts to describe situations of severe coercion leading to suicide. It implies moral or legal culpability on the part of those applying the pressure.
  • Vụ án được điều tra như một hành vi bức tử. (The case was investigated as an act of forcing someone to commit suicide.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tự tử (verb): To commit suicide. (This is the act itself, without the external force implied by "bức tử").
• Ép buộc (verb): To coerce, to force. (A more general term for applying pressure).

Synonyms

• Thúc ép tự tử: To push/pressure into suicide.
• Buộc phải tự sát: To compel to commit suicide.

Related Phrases / Idioms

• Bức tử tinh thần: To cause extreme mental anguish or torment that psychologically destroys a person (lit. "to force spiritual suicide"). This is a figurative extension, describing severe psychological pressure.
  • Những lời nói độc địa của họ như một hành động bức tử tinh thần. (Their malicious words were like an act of spiritual torment.)

1. To force to commit suicide