self-destruction

as in suicide
the act of deliberately killing oneself the controversy over self-destruction accomplished with the assistance of a physician or other person

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Recent Examples of self-destruction Neither is ready for the supernatural forces that turn their mundane self-destruction into a terrifying death trap. Matt Donnelly, Variety, 9 Aug. 2025 War provocations made by the 'Taiwan independence' armed forces are futile, and will only lead to self-destruction. Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025 My goal is to challenge the narrative that success has to come at the cost of self-destruction. Bogdan Nesvit, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025 The self-destruction of American power in the Trump years is likely to puzzle future historians. Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for self-destruction

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“Self-destruction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-destruction. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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