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self-destruct definition

☆ self·-destruct (-di strukt′)

intransitive verb

  1. to destroy itself automatically a missile designed to self-destruct
  2. to greatly harm oneself or itself, specif. as the result of inherent or fundamental flaws

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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