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self-destruction
CIDE DICTIONARY
self-destruction, n.
The destruction of one's self; self-murder; suicide. Milton. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
self-destruction, n.
1 the process or an act of destroying oneself or itself.
2 esp. US the process or an act of self-destructing.
1 the process or an act of destroying oneself or itself.
2 esp. US the process or an act of self-destructing.
Derivative
self-destructive adj. self-destructively adv.
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