self-destruction (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *self-destruction*:
NOUN	act	self-destruction, suicide, self-annihilation	the act of killing yourself
act	self-destruction	the act of destroying yourself

English > *self-destruction*: 2 senses > noun 1, act
Meaning	The act of killing yourself.
Synonyms	suicide, self-annihilation
Narrower	assisted suicide	suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possible
	felo-de-se	An act of deliberate self destruction
	harakiri, hara-kiri, harikari, seppuku	ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword
	suttee	The act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
Broader	killing, kill, putting to death	The act of terminating a life
Spanish	autodestrucción, suicidio
Catalan	suïcidi
Verbs	self-destruct, self-destroy	do away with oneself or itself

English > *self-destruction*: 2 senses > noun 2, act
Meaning	The act of destroying yourself.
Example	"his insistence was pure self-destruction"
Broader	destruction, devastation	The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
Verbs	self-destruct, self-destroy	do away with oneself or itself

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