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Self-destruction synonyms

sĕlf'dĭ-strŭk'shən

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masochism
A willingness or tendency to subject oneself to unpleasant or trying experiences.
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self-annihilation
Loss of self-awareness, as in a mystical state.
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self-extinction
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self-destructive (related)
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suicide
A person who dies by suicide.
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death (related)
The termination or extinction of something:
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annihilation (related)
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self-delusion (related)
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self-condemnation (related)
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hara-kiri
(By extension, figuratively) An act against one's own interests.
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dehumanization (related)
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depravity (related)
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Self-destruction Sentence Examples

  • But the most revolting methods of self-torture and self-destruction are also practised as a means of rising in sanctity.

  • The aim is not self-destruction, but self-preservation; and yet the ethics of Manichaeism appears in point of fact as thoroughly ascetic. The Manichaean had, above all, to refrain from sensual enjoyment, shutting himself up against it by three seals - the signaculum oris, manus and sinus.

  • To Sir George was also due the first attempt, missionary effort apart, to educate the Kaffirs and to establish British authority firmly among them, a result which the self-destruction of the Amaxosa rendered easy.

  • If the world does not change course, we risk self-destruction.

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