self-destruct
verb (used without object)
to destroy itself or oneself.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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It’s incongruous because to the outside world, it looks at times like they are self-destructing from within.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2017