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
My goal is to challenge the narrative that success has to come at the cost of self-destruction.
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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
Betting against Musk has become a high-risk proposition, bordering on financial self-destruction.
—Joel Shulman, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
And if these virtual recreations of stellar self-destruction are windows into the very distant past, then that might also mean our own waterlogged, paradisiacal world is just one in a considerably long line of oceanic planets.
—Robin George Andrews, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
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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
Betting against Musk has become a high-risk proposition, bordering on financial self-destruction.
—Joel Shulman, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
And if these virtual recreations of stellar self-destruction are windows into the very distant past, then that might also mean our own waterlogged, paradisiacal world is just one in a considerably long line of oceanic planets.
—Robin George Andrews, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
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“Self-destruction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-destruction. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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