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Recent Examples of self-annihilation
And he is compelled by a righteous fury to warn others of his son’s dark path to self-annihilation.
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025
This, at his best, is Crews’s subject: the relationship between art and self-annihilation—and whether the price of becoming the boy in the picture is too high to be paid by the one stumbling through the dark.
—Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
The broken family exults in its own debasement just like the protesters and activist judges who pursue self-annihilation as liberation.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 Mar. 2025
The clock, which is updated by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, is meant to be a metaphor for how close humanity is to self-annihilation.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
The image becomes metabolized by the fungus in a process of self-annihilation and, like the memory itself, given a new kind of presence through its decay.
—Mariana Fernández, ARTnews.com, 18 Dec. 2024
With this set-up, audiences are primed to delight in the self-annihilation of the wealthy and privileged.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024
The Doomsday Clock is 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, The Courier-Journal, 23 Jan. 2024
These stellar objects, called dark stars, might have been fueled not by nuclear fusion but by the self-annihilation of dark matter—the invisible stuff that is thought to make up about 85 percent of the matter in the universe.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 20 July 2023
Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025
This, at his best, is Crews’s subject: the relationship between art and self-annihilation—and whether the price of becoming the boy in the picture is too high to be paid by the one stumbling through the dark.
—Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
The broken family exults in its own debasement just like the protesters and activist judges who pursue self-annihilation as liberation.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 Mar. 2025
The clock, which is updated by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, is meant to be a metaphor for how close humanity is to self-annihilation.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
The image becomes metabolized by the fungus in a process of self-annihilation and, like the memory itself, given a new kind of presence through its decay.
—Mariana Fernández, ARTnews.com, 18 Dec. 2024
With this set-up, audiences are primed to delight in the self-annihilation of the wealthy and privileged.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024
The Doomsday Clock is 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, The Courier-Journal, 23 Jan. 2024
These stellar objects, called dark stars, might have been fueled not by nuclear fusion but by the self-annihilation of dark matter—the invisible stuff that is thought to make up about 85 percent of the matter in the universe.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 20 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-annihilation
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During a brief period following the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when China further opened its doors to the outside world, Tibet was rocked by protests by monks and nuns, and then a series of self-immolations.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
20 Aug. 2025
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Snyder’s origin story introduces Kal-el and Krypton’s most fascist generals (led by Michael Shannon’s explosive General Zod) as the only survivors of their advanced world’s self-immolation.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Way before the days of gender neutrality, men’s brands would tap women to wear their clothes.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
6 Oct. 2025
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That authority must always be exercised with neutrality, integrity, and character because that's the only way every Virginian can trust the system meant to protect them.—
Amy DeLaura,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Oct. 2025
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The King of Swords invites you to lead with intellect, integrity, and objectivity.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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Numbers were a source of certainty, of objectivity.—
Annabelle Huang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The technique was initially practiced alone, but in 1260 a hermit in Perugia launched a movement, and organized processions of mass self-flagellation broke out across Italy.—
Michael Robbins,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Ever since Kamala Harris lost the election, the Democratic Party has been on a nationwide self-flagellation tour.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
Noun
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Others include cognitive empathy (accurately understanding a patient’s situation); communication skills (asking about patients’ lives and telling them our interpretations); and altruism (mobilizing these understandings for the patient’s benefit).—
Rachel Pearson,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Forbes contributor Mark Travers writes that altruism in the workplace can go too far.—
Don Yaeger,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Therefore, this did not constitute an impartiality rule breach.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
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In making hundreds of contributions to political candidates, Tennis' actions could raise questions about her impartiality and commitment to judicial ethics.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Self-annihilation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-annihilation. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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