SELF-DESTRUCT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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

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:

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Derivation:

self-destruction (the act of killing yourself)

self-destruction (the act of destroying yourself)