as in suicide
the act of deliberately killing oneself
the controversy over self-destruction accomplished with the assistance of a physician or other person
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Recent Examples of self-destruction
Throughout the album, there’s an acknowledgement that to be human is to revel in self-destruction and rebuilding while opening yourself up to the painful risk of being known.
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Gabrielle MacAfee, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
The entire final sequence, which sees Carter, with a rictus grin, slaughtering his wife in the kitchen, envisions the self-destruction of the nuclear family.
—Beatrice Loayza, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
This has set the stage for Thursday’s Senate confirmation of Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education—a cabinet position whose success, according to the president, will be judged by its commitment to self-destruction.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Nuclear weapons ushered in the possibility of humanity’s rapid self-destruction, and scientists were acutely aware of their enabling role in our species’ potential demise.
—Rebecca Charbonneau, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2025
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Gabrielle MacAfee, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
The entire final sequence, which sees Carter, with a rictus grin, slaughtering his wife in the kitchen, envisions the self-destruction of the nuclear family.
—Beatrice Loayza, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
This has set the stage for Thursday’s Senate confirmation of Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education—a cabinet position whose success, according to the president, will be judged by its commitment to self-destruction.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Nuclear weapons ushered in the possibility of humanity’s rapid self-destruction, and scientists were acutely aware of their enabling role in our species’ potential demise.
—Rebecca Charbonneau, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Self-destruction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-destruction. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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