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Definition of Self-destroy
1. Verb. Do away with oneself or itself. "The machine will self-destruct if you tamper with it"
Generic synonyms: Destroy, Destruct
Derivative terms: Self-destruction, Self-destruction, Self-destruction, Self-destruction
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-destroy
Literary usage of Self-destroy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... care: As Canace* of old, ere self-destroy'd, One hand the pen, and one the
sword employ'd. Degraded now, by poverty abhorr'd, The guest dependent at the ..."
2. The Phonographic Dictionary and Phrase Book by Benn Pitman, Jerome Bird Howard (1901)
"self-command' 3 self-communica'tion self-destroy er i. ,. . sell-glo nous
self-compla'cency self-compla'cent °< self-comprehend'ing self-conceit* I ..."
3. Reminiscences, Sermons and Correspondence Proving Adherence to the Principle by Augusta Emma Stetson (1913)
"The word self is also used freely in such expressions as abnegate self, destroy
self, ignore self, which in the sense of physical self, personal sense, ..."
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