self-destruct
verb (used without object)
to destroy itself or oneself.
will self-destruct
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future tenseof self-destruct.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Researchers say cancer cells need to run out of pyrimidine building blocks, including uridine nucleotides, before the cells will self-destruct.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2024
"I think it's a campaign slogan. I don't think it's ever going to happen. They will self-destruct by getting behind it," he claimed.
From Fox News ● Jun. 13, 2019
Better still, your old life will self-destruct in five seconds.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 26, 2018
Even after they solve the world’s problems, including the possibility that humans will self-destruct, the Overlords maintain their moratorium on science.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2015
Besides, now that you’ve seen it, the video will self-destruct in five seconds.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
