- 1(especially of a machine, etc.) to destroy itself, usually by exploding This tape will self-destruct in 30 seconds.
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- 2(figurative) In the last half-hour of the movie the plot rapidly self-destructs.
self-destruct
verbNAmE//ˌsɛlf dɪˈstrʌkt//
[intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they self-destruct he / she / it self-destructs
past simple self-destructed
-ing form self-destructing
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