self-destruct

Examples of self-destruct in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The former president installed judges on the Supreme Court who would be more likely to agree with him; had the instincts to strike a pose of strength and defiance before Secret Service agents rushed him offstage Saturday; and largely allowed Biden to self-destruct during the debate, Axelrod said. Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 16 July 2024 As his paranoia takes hold, the God of Gods — seeing signs everywhere — starts to dangerously self-destruct. Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 28 June 2024 By not acting, the West would be relying on the group to self-destruct. Robin Simcox, Foreign Affairs, 15 Sep. 2014 The vastness and mundanity of interplanetary travel ribs 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the final showdown, where our heroes battle an AI and get it to self-destruct by perplexing it with logic, is a move straight out of the Star Trek playbook. Jordan Hoffman, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for self-destruct 

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“Self-destruct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-destruct. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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