| 单词 | on self-destruct |
| 释义 | > as lemmason self-destruct The action or an act of self-destructing; self-destruction. Also: a function, setting, or course of action which brings this about (often in on self-destruct).Originally with reference to rockets and other devices but frequently in extended use with reference to people, concepts, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > self-destruction self-murdera1631 felon-de-se1648 felo-de-se1678 self-destructiveness1733 self-combustion1837 auto-destruction1888 self-liquidation1928 self-destruct1962 auto-destruct1968 1962 Dept. Def. Appropriations 1963: Hearings before Comm. Appropriations (U.S. House of Representatives, 87th Congr., 2nd Sess.) IV. 110 If it were launched at a low enough angle so it impacted before the self-destruct functioned, it is possible that anyone it hit is going to be at least injured. 1971 Mt. Vernon (Illinois) Register-News 7 Oct. b1/1 The labor movement in America is on self-destruct. 1977 Daily Tel. 21 May 12/4 Built into the whole modernist adventure was a kind of self-destruct. 1978 J. McNeil Consultant xxxvi. 295 Alloway's program has done a convenient self-destruct. 1996 Premiere Feb. 14/2 Ben is no barfly drowning in sorrow but a committed dipsomaniac on self-destruct. 2005 K. A. Hosey in D. W. Smith Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 8 58 I've been in more than one situation where I've ordered the self-destruct of my ship, Commodore. < as lemmas |
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