self-devouring
adjective
uk/ˌself.dɪˈvaʊə.rɪŋ/us/ˌself.dɪˈvaʊ.ɚ.ɪŋ/Self-devouringsystems,organizations, orpeopledestroythemselvescompletely:
In the self-devouringworldofpop, fewbandshavelastedaslongas they have.
Theproposedtakeoveris anopenandshutcaseof self-devouringcapitalism.
- Yearsofeconomicmismanagementand self-devouringcorruptionhavedeprivedthecountryof allauthorityin theregion.
- There are a fewvoicesthatspeakof theanxietyand theuncertaintythatlurkjust beneath thesurfaceofourself-devouringculture.
- Thepoliceare alsopartof a fiercely self-devouringbureaucracy.
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
- shred
- sink
- smash
- stave
- stavesomethingin
- takesomethingout
- tear