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[ self-di-struhk-shuhn, self- ] / ˈsɛlf dɪˈstrʌk ʃən, ˌsɛlf- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR self-destruction ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe destruction or ruination of oneself or one's life. suicide. Origin of self-destructionFirst recorded in 1580–90 Words nearby self-destructionself-delusion, self-denial, self-deprecating, self-depreciating, self-destruct, self-destruction, self-destructive, self-determination, self-determinism, self-development, self-devotion Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for self-destructionThe British aristocracy is littered with stories of unmitigated spendthrifts who seem bent on self-destruction. The Secrets of Britain’s Wildest Aristocrats|Tom Sykes|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST The game has become our modern Passion Play, self-destruction as our highest form of heroism. Two New Films Preach Our Nation’s Corrosive Gridiron Gospel|Steve Almond|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST But he later expanded on this idea, and said he suffered from what he called the self-destruction switch. Two Decades Later, Wu-Tang MC U-God ‘Keeps Getting Better’|Eli Lake|July 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST Eli Lake talks with the veteran MC about his new record, ‘Keynote Speaker,’ and ‘self-destruction.’ Two Decades Later, Wu-Tang MC U-God ‘Keeps Getting Better’|Eli Lake|July 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His life became a morass of anger and self-destruction: suicide attempts, gang activity. Carmine Galasso’s ‘Crosses’: Childhoods Robbed by the Church|The Daily Beast|March 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST And he found that he could not destroy the bust: for the act would have about it too ominous a flavor of self-destruction. The Penalty|Gouverneur Morris And as these dogs are worth anywhere from $100 up, the driver has much ado to prevent the self-destruction of his team. In to the Yukon|William Seymour Edwards Religion strengthened it, as it is so apt to strengthen any form of self-destruction, short of technical suicide. Young Lives|Richard Le Gallienne With a precipice on one side of his house and a potato-field on the other, what could save him from despair and self-destruction? Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1887|Various You are right, she did take it herself, and it was a suicide; but who terrified her into this act of self-destruction? The Leavenworth Case|Anna Katherine Green
British Dictionary definitions for self-destruction
nounthe act or an instance of self-destructing Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to self-destructionhara-kiri, self-immolation, self-slaughter, seppuku, mélange |