self-destruct

Verb

Meaning

do away with oneself or itself

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

self-destroy miss decline destroy bomb collapse crash fail founder flop self-destructive self-destruction languish backfire self-annihilation
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Antonyms

work click arrive deliver succeed triumph
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Hypernyms

destroy destruct

Examples

The days of the digitals are numbered. The metaphor is built into them like a self-destruct mechanism. Tom Stoppard

As long as we can tell stories about our ability to survive, the more we will hope, not self-destruct. Christina Ricci

I'll never understand how a man can live his life With his finger on the self-destruct button, Holding it there day after day, Blinded by an obsession to press it But lacking the conviction to do even that. Neal Shusterman

The more that democracy is assumed to be inevitable, the more likely it will self-destruct. James Bovard

We've seen a lot of people self-destruct because of a small taste of success. Shannon Hoon

Also she signed away the right to self-destruct years ago. The fine print on the birth certificate, her friend calls it. Jenny Offill

Close letter words and terms

self-destroy self-destroyer self-destroying self-destruction self-destructive self-destructive behavior