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SELF-DESTRUCT
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they self-destruct ... he / she / it self-destructs
Past simple: self-destructed
Past participle: self-destructed
-ing form: self-destructing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Do away with oneself or itself
Example:
The machine will self-destruct if you tamper with it
Synonyms:
self-destroy; self-destruct
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "self-destruct" is one way to...):
destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
self-destruction (the act of killing yourself)
self-destruction (the act of destroying yourself)
