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self-destruction en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English destruction English self-destruction From self- + destruction.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The act of something destroying itself.

Forms

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self-destructions Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

self-destructive · self-destruct

Hypernyms

destruction

Synonyms

autodestruction

Translations (17)

sv självförstörelse (act of something destroying itself) · be самазнішчэ́нне (act of something destroying itself) · ca autodestrucció (act of something destroying itself) · ro autodistrugere (act of something destroying itself) · de Selbstzerstörung (act of something destroying itself) · be самаразбурэ́нне (act of something destroying itself) · pl samozniszczenie (act of something destroying itself) · fr autodestruction (act of something destroying itself) · id destruksi diri (act of something destroying itself) · ja 自滅 (act of something destroying itself) · cmn 自我毀滅 /自我毁灭 (act of something destroying itself) · ru саморазруше́ние (act of something destroying itself) · ru самоуничтоже́ние (act of something destroying itself) · es autodestrucción (act of something destroying itself) · fi itsetuho (act of something destroying itself) · pl samozagłada (act of something destroying itself) · pl autodestrukcja (act of something destroying itself)