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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

self-destruct Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • do: Do the songs self-destruct after a month or something?
  • watch: So, all in all it was watching someone self-destruct.

Noun used with modifier

  • will: No research to date has overturned the basic chemical fact of life that the paper is acidic and will self-destruct over time.
  • cell: Overproduction also impaired a process called apoptosis, whereby damaged or unwanted cells self-destruct 14.

Modifies a noun

  • button: With a goalless draw looking nailed on, United again hit the self-destruct button two minutes into injury time.
  • mechanism: The Doctor was forced to set the self-destruct mechanism in the shelter, wiping the Sea Devil colony out to avert a war.
  • mode: However, when Machan finally fell for 53 from 34 balls, Sussex went into self-destruct mode.
  • message: StealthText is also a widely accessible application for sending self-destruct messages via SMS and WAP.
  • system: This gets Rimmer thinking... Click for video clip Lister accidentally sets off the self-destruct system by ordering a milkshake and a crispy bar.
  • sequence: Lazy Gui: Yuki is aboard a spaceship in which a computer infection causes the self-destruct sequence to start.

Preposition: in

  • second: This review is confidential and will self-destruct in five seconds.