self-destructing
present participle ofself-destruct
self-destruct
verb[I]
uk/ˌself.dɪˈstrʌkt/us/ˌself.dɪˈstrʌkt/If amachineorweaponself-destructs, itdestroysitself,especiallyin a way that isplanned:
Aninvestigationisunderwayafter amissileself-destructedshortlyafter it waslaunched.
(the/someone's) self-destruct button
acharacteristicin apersonthat makes themlikelytofailbecause oftheirownactions:
At least hereachedthesemifinalbeforehittingthe self-destructbutton.
Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- annihilation
- apocalypse
- bash
- bash through (something)
- be sacrificed on the altar ofsomethingidiom
- fall in
- in piecesidiom
- indestructibility
- killsomethingoff
- kill the goose that lays the golden eggidiom
- sacrifice
- self-destruct
- self-devouring
- shred
- sink
- stave
- stavesomethingin
- tear
- wipe
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Dangerous and harmful
Examplesofself-destructing
self-destructing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Tinguely would go on to make two moreself-destructingmachines in the early 1960s, each more spectacular than the last.
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The technology forself-destructingor self-neutralising land mines is not very advanced or difficult.
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We support a prohibition on the emplacement of anti-personnel land mines without aself-destructingcapability outside perimeter-marked areas monitored by military personnel.
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However, in my judgment,self-destructingand self-neutralising land mines are the best possible route for our policy.
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Until a world-wide ban on all anti-personnel mines is agreed, we shall also pursue current procurement plans to replace our existing mines withself-destructingones.
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It is not quite correct that all so-calledself-destructingmines in practice do self-destruct.
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Will they not have to develop a whole new range ofself-destructingmines?
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Our aim should be to ensure that existing stocks are replaced as quickly as possible withself-destructingmines.
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We therefore think it would be wrong if the possession ofself-destructingor self-neutralising anti-personnel mines were restricted to countries with the capacity to manufacture them.
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The extra controls provided byself-destructingor self-neutralising mechanisms help to ensure that mines with such capabilities are likely to be less dangerous to civilians than those without them.
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We are at the forefront of international efforts to strengthen the convention and introduce tight international specifications forself-destructingand detectable anti-personnel mines, as well as other important provisions.
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Wickr allows users to exchange end-to-end encrypted andself-destructingmessages, including photos and file attachments.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Once because they are scattered all over aself-destructingcity and secondly because they are excluded from literary canon and social discourse.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The band as well as observers knew at the time that it wasself-destructing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They are often described asself-destructingalthough the disc merely turns black and does not physically disintegrate.
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- basketball coach
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- basketball court
- basketball game
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- basketball hoop
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