auto-destructionn.

Brit.

/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)dᵻˈstrʌkʃn/, U.S.

/ˌɔdədəˈstrəkʃ(ə)n/,

/ˌɔdədiˈstrəkʃ(ə)n/,

/ˌɔdoʊdəˈstrəkʃ(ə)n/,

/ˌɔdoʊdiˈstrəkʃ(ə)n/,

/ˌɑdədəˈstrəkʃ(ə)n/,

/ˌɑdədiˈstrəkʃ(ə)n/,

/ˌɑdoʊdəˈstrəkʃ(ə)n/,

/ˌɑdoʊdiˈstrəkʃ(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: auto- comb. form¹, destruction n.

Etymology: < auto- comb. form¹ + destruction n. Compare French auto-destruction (1898). Compare earlier self-destruction n.

The process by which a thing destroys itself; an instance of this. Cf. self-destruction n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > self-destruction

self-murdera1631

felon-de-se1648

felo-de-se1678

self-destructiveness1733

self-combustion1837

auto-destruction1888

self-liquidation1928

self-destruct1962

auto-destruct1968

1888 Electr. Engineer 26 Oct. 344/2 My theory..would also account for the auto-destruction of the [lamp] holders.

1934 C. C. Steele Introd. Plant Biochem. vii. xxvii. 321 It has been suggested that the climacteric is due to a change in the state of the protoplasm, leading eventually to its auto-destruction.

1974 L. Thomas Lives of Cell (1975) 9 It is autodestruction due to lytic mechanisms entirely under the governance of the smaller partner.

1986 B. Brophy Baroque-'n'-Roll (1987) 6 Only in 1982..could I write the last of wag's newsletters to its members and signal wag's autodestruction.

2006 Times (Nexis) 13 July 41 I had been warned to expect a human vegetable or a madman liable to explode into a frenzy of auto-destruction.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	auto-destruction
释义	auto-destructionn. Brit. /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)dᵻˈstrʌkʃn/, U.S. /ˌɔdədəˈstrəkʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɔdədiˈstrəkʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɔdoʊdəˈstrəkʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɔdoʊdiˈstrəkʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɑdədəˈstrəkʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɑdədiˈstrəkʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɑdoʊdəˈstrəkʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɑdoʊdiˈstrəkʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: auto- comb. form¹, destruction n. Etymology: < auto- comb. form¹ + destruction n. Compare French auto-destruction (1898). Compare earlier self-destruction n. The process by which a thing destroys itself; an instance of this. Cf. self-destruction n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > self-destruction self-murdera1631 felon-de-se1648 felo-de-se1678 self-destructiveness1733 self-combustion1837 auto-destruction1888 self-liquidation1928 self-destruct1962 auto-destruct1968 1888 Electr. Engineer 26 Oct. 344/2 My theory..would also account for the auto-destruction of the [lamp] holders. 1934 C. C. Steele Introd. Plant Biochem. vii. xxvii. 321 It has been suggested that the climacteric is due to a change in the state of the protoplasm, leading eventually to its auto-destruction. 1974 L. Thomas Lives of Cell (1975) 9 It is autodestruction due to lytic mechanisms entirely under the governance of the smaller partner. 1986 B. Brophy Baroque-'n'-Roll (1987) 6 Only in 1982..could I write the last of wag's newsletters to its members and signal wag's autodestruction. 2006 Times (Nexis) 13 July 41 I had been warned to expect a human vegetable or a madman liable to explode into a frenzy of auto-destruction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1888
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