self-destruct
verb (used without object)
to destroy itself or oneself.
self-destructed
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past participleof self-destruct.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof self-destruct.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
self-destructverb (used without object)to destroy itself or oneself.
Example Sentences
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His record high price is the $25.4 million resale in 2021 of that partially self-destructed view of a girl reaching for a floating-away balloon at Sotheby’s, renamed “Love is in the Bin.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
They wouldn’t have escaped with a 26-25 victory on Sunday if the five-win New York Giants hadn’t self-destructed ...
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
The company nevertheless considers the flight a success, having exceeded milestones set by the gargantuan rocket’s first test flight in April, which ended when it self-destructed at an altitude of 39 kilometers.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 18, 2023
Dressed as the two robot characters they'd inhabited since 1999, Bangalter and de Homem-Christo waved goodbye, walked off screen, and one of them self-destructed.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2023
And now, in 1990, the system he helped create had self-destructed.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
