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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-destructing
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Max is desperately trying to keep his family’s farm from imploding, especially as cheery newcomer Betty helps her uncle open a new one next door.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
13 Dec. 2025 -
Both the Pink Panther and Barney balloons needed to be punctured with knives to prevent them from imploding, according to the New York Times.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Nov. 2025
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And behind every man with a good name and a crumbling pile, there’s a wife shrewdly attending to the seating plan.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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Even with oil shipments from Venezuela, widespread blackouts have persisted across Cuba given fuel shortages and a crumbling electric grid.—
Dánica Coto,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Self-destructing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-destructing. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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