Self-destruct Definition

sĕlfdĭ-strŭkt
self-destructs
noun
A mechanism for causing a device to destroy itself.
American Heritage
verb
To destroy itself automatically.
A missile designed to self-destruct.
Webster's New World
To greatly harm oneself or itself, specif. as the result of inherent or fundamental flaws.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • self-destroy

Origin of Self-destruct

  • Back-formation from self-destruction

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • self- +"Ž destruct

    From Wiktionary

Self-destruct Sentence Examples

  • He's got this weird thing like if he sees himself, he'll self-destruct or something.

  • Or couldn't transgenic pollen be modified to self-destruct when it reaches the air?

  • So, all in all it was watching someone self-destruct.

  • No research to date has overturned the basic chemical fact of life that the paper is acidic and will self-destruct over time.

  • Overproduction also impaired a process called apoptosis, whereby damaged or unwanted cells self-destruct 14.

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