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Recent Examples of self-annihilation
The broken family exults in its own debasement just like the protesters and activist judges who pursue self-annihilation as liberation.
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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
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
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
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.
—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
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
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
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
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-annihilation
Noun
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Playing him was a kind of self-immolation for Tesfaye.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
16 May 2025
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The last flareup in the early 2010s involved a string of self-immolation incidents that critics called a desperate cry against the Chinese government’s ever-tightening grip on Tibetan society.—
Steven Jiang,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Reaching psychic divorce means finding emotional neutrality or peace.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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As many question the fairness and neutrality of political systems, the model of an ideal leader shifts from the administrative back to the messianic.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
17 May 2025
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Richards’s convictions, and his aspirations for psychedelics, prompt questions about the objectivity of such research.—
Michael Pollan,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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The implementation of data analytics allows investors to make more informed decisions, reduce dependence on the human factor and increase the objectivity of their assessments.—
Dmitrii Khasanov,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Rublev, 27 and the men’s world No. 9, is prone to fits of self-flagellation — often hammering at his body with his racket.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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The self-flagellation is uncomfortable and dark, and the instrumental’s whorl of warped voices, sax melodies, and bass lines intensifies the feeling that he is trapped within his choices. 17.—
Stephen Kearse,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The goal should be to complement extant altruism without supplanting it.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Many of these men cite a philosophy known as effective altruism (EA) as part of their reasoning.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
7 May 2025
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“Self-annihilation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-annihilation. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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