self-destructing

verb

present participle of self-destruct
as in imploding

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  1. imploding
  2. crumbling
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  • Still, even as multiple locations and villains pile up, the bond between Agency handler Sam and tech phenom Queenie (Savannah Steyn) keeps the dramedy from imploding.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 July 2026
  • The ecosystem of people who rely on a strictly online audience or clients for their revenues risks imploding.
    — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2026
Definition of imploding
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  • Rolling blackouts, water scarcity, crumbling hospitals, and shortages of food and medicine had become routine.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 30 July 2026
  • As well as Shusha, Azerbaijan had recaptured the entire lowlands, seven districts that had been crumbling undisturbed for three decades.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Definition of crumbling
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“Self-destructing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-destructing. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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