self-annihilation
noun
self-an·ni·hi·la·tion
ˌself-ə-ˌnī-ə-ˈlā-shən 
: annihilation of the self (as in mystical contemplation of God)
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It’s become so personal to me to be able to just be proud of myself for not having succeeded in my own self-annihilation.
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Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
This is the closest the symbolic clock has ever been to midnight, a metaphor for how close humanity is to self-annihilation, according to the Bulletin, which has maintained the clock since 1947.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024
The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic clock: a metaphor for how close humanity is to self-annihilation, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which has maintained the clock since 1947.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
This is the closest the symbolic clock has ever been to midnight, a metaphor for how close humanity is to self-annihilation, according to the Bulletin, which has maintained the clock since 1947.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024
The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic clock: a metaphor for how close humanity is to self-annihilation, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which has maintained the clock since 1947.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
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