self-destruct

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Word parts[change]

self- + destruct

Verb[change]

Plain form
self-destruct

Third-person singular
self-destructs

Past tense
self-destructed

Past participle
self-destructed

Present participle
self-destructing

  1. If something self-destructs, it destroys itself.
    The weapon was made to self-destruct if stolen.

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