self-destructn.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfdᵻˈstrʌkt/, U.S.

/ˌsɛlfdəˈstrək(t)/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: self-destruct v.

Etymology: < self-destruct v. Compare earlier self-destructing adj., self-destruction n.

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.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

self-destructv.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfdᵻˈstrʌkt/, U.S.

/ˌsɛlfdəˈstrək(t)/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, destruct v.

Etymology: < self- prefix + destruct v., after self-destruction n., self-destructive adj.

Originally U.S.

1. intransitive. Of a thing: to destroy itself automatically, esp. when preset to do so. Cf. auto-destruct v.Recorded earliest in attributive use; cf. Compounds.Popularized by the U.S. television series Mission: Impossible in which each episode begins with a secret agent receiving instructions on a tape which subsequently self-destructs (see quots. 1967¹ and 1967²).

ΚΠ

1955 Signal (Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Assoc.) Nov. 28/1 A ‘self-destruct’ circuit in the fuze will cause an anti-aircraft missile to destroy itself in mid-air so as to avoid danger to friendly ground forces.

1961 Luke-Williams Air Force Range (unpublished hearing, U.S. House of Representatives Interior & Insular Affairs Comm., 87th Congr., 1st Sess.) 11 in ProQuest Congressional (O.E.D. Archive 2017) Sidewinder missiles will travel some 21 seconds before they self-destruct, if they miss the target.

1967 Mission: Impossible 1st Ser. Episode 17 in P. J. White Compl. Mission: Impossible Dossier (1991) 92 This filmstrip will self-destruct when you stop the machine. Good luck, Dan.

1967 Mission: Impossible 1st Ser. Episode 19 in P. J. White Compl. Mission: Impossible Dossier (1991) 95 This tape will self-destruct in ten seconds. Good luck, Dan.

1968 Sunday Gaz.-Mail (Charleston, W. Va.) 21 Jan. (Show Time section) 1/2 Whatever happens to all those charred tape recorders that self-destruct immediately after Peter Graves gets his instructions?

1974 P. Kenyon Death is Ruby Light ii. 26 Then there were Cosmos 249 and 252. They self-destructed after the test.

2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 28 Jan. i. 3/4 Older American cluster weapons used by Israel during the war did not reliably self-destruct.

2015 New Scientist 31 Jan. 13/3 After a radiation hit, cells that are too damaged to repair themselves self-destruct.

2. intransitive. Of a person or organization: to bring about one's own destruction or downfall; to lose the ability to function effectively as a result of one's own actions or behaviour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (intransitive)] > destroy oneself

to cut one's own throat1565

auto-destruct1963

self-destruct1968

1968 Daily Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) 12 Oct. 7 a/2 Assembly Speaker Harold V. Froehlich..issued a report titled, ‘Administrators Fiddle as UW [= University of Wisconsin] Self-destructs’.

1973 Guardian 18 June 4/6 Watergate came from within. The system itself has begun to self-destruct.

1977 D. Francis Risk xiv. 188 He's programmed to self-destruct before the end of the season... He'll go bust to the bookies.

1983 W. Goldman Adventures in Screen Trade 6 Every time the business is about to self-destruct, they can pinpoint the reason—it's the goddam greed of the stars.

1989 D. Okrent & S. Wulf Baseball Anecd. v. 272 Sam McDowell was another pitcher whose character kept him from greatness... After he won 20 games for the first time, he self-destructed.

2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Jan. 29/2 Rock stars have been self-destructing for several decades now, and we seem no closer to understanding why.

Compounds

attributive. Designating a device which destroys itself, esp. when preset to do so; designating a switch, mechanism, etc., which initiates a process of self-destruction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > self-destructive or destroyed

self-destroying1613

self-destroyed1637

self-destructive1641

suicidal1768

auto-destructive1895

self-destruct1955

self-destructing1962

1966 R. W. Taylor Doomsday Square iii. 36 There's a double safeguard in a self-destruct system that would operate automatically in case of navigational error.

1969 M. Crichton Andromeda Strain x. 108 At the lowest level of this laboratory is an automatic self-destruct device.

1975 J. Grady Shadow of Condor xvi. 250 He flicked the last strap holding him to the machine. He also punched the delayed self-destruct switch.

1981 Washington Post 5 Feb. a16/1 If the court upheld Congress' restrictions on its power to review constitutional questions, liberals say, the justices would be pushing a self-destruct button.

2014 N.Y. Times 6 Jan. (Late ed.) b5/1 That self-destruct feature initially gave the app a reputation as a favorite tool for so-called sexters.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	self-destruct
释义	self-destructn. Brit. /ˌsɛlfdᵻˈstrʌkt/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfdəˈstrək(t)/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: self-destruct v. Etymology: < self-destruct v. Compare earlier self-destructing adj., self-destruction n. 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. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). self-destructv. Brit. /ˌsɛlfdᵻˈstrʌkt/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfdəˈstrək(t)/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, destruct v. Etymology: < self- prefix + destruct v., after self-destruction n., self-destructive adj. Originally U.S. 1. intransitive. Of a thing: to destroy itself automatically, esp. when preset to do so. Cf. auto-destruct v.Recorded earliest in attributive use; cf. Compounds.Popularized by the U.S. television series Mission: Impossible in which each episode begins with a secret agent receiving instructions on a tape which subsequently self-destructs (see quots. 1967¹ and 1967²). ΚΠ 1955 Signal (Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Assoc.) Nov. 28/1 A ‘self-destruct’ circuit in the fuze will cause an anti-aircraft missile to destroy itself in mid-air so as to avoid danger to friendly ground forces. 1961 Luke-Williams Air Force Range (unpublished hearing, U.S. House of Representatives Interior & Insular Affairs Comm., 87th Congr., 1st Sess.) 11 in ProQuest Congressional (O.E.D. Archive 2017) Sidewinder missiles will travel some 21 seconds before they self-destruct, if they miss the target. 1967 Mission: Impossible 1st Ser. Episode 17 in P. J. White Compl. Mission: Impossible Dossier (1991) 92 This filmstrip will self-destruct when you stop the machine. Good luck, Dan. 1967 Mission: Impossible 1st Ser. Episode 19 in P. J. White Compl. Mission: Impossible Dossier (1991) 95 This tape will self-destruct in ten seconds. Good luck, Dan. 1968 Sunday Gaz.-Mail (Charleston, W. Va.) 21 Jan. (Show Time section) 1/2 Whatever happens to all those charred tape recorders that self-destruct immediately after Peter Graves gets his instructions? 1974 P. Kenyon Death is Ruby Light ii. 26 Then there were Cosmos 249 and 252. They self-destructed after the test. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 28 Jan. i. 3/4 Older American cluster weapons used by Israel during the war did not reliably self-destruct. 2015 New Scientist 31 Jan. 13/3 After a radiation hit, cells that are too damaged to repair themselves self-destruct. 2. intransitive. Of a person or organization: to bring about one's own destruction or downfall; to lose the ability to function effectively as a result of one's own actions or behaviour. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (intransitive)] > destroy oneself to cut one's own throat1565 auto-destruct1963 self-destruct1968 1968 Daily Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) 12 Oct. 7 a/2 Assembly Speaker Harold V. Froehlich..issued a report titled, ‘Administrators Fiddle as UW [= University of Wisconsin] Self-destructs’. 1973 Guardian 18 June 4/6 Watergate came from within. The system itself has begun to self-destruct. 1977 D. Francis Risk xiv. 188 He's programmed to self-destruct before the end of the season... He'll go bust to the bookies. 1983 W. Goldman Adventures in Screen Trade 6 Every time the business is about to self-destruct, they can pinpoint the reason—it's the goddam greed of the stars. 1989 D. Okrent & S. Wulf Baseball Anecd. v. 272 Sam McDowell was another pitcher whose character kept him from greatness... After he won 20 games for the first time, he self-destructed. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Jan. 29/2 Rock stars have been self-destructing for several decades now, and we seem no closer to understanding why. Compounds attributive. Designating a device which destroys itself, esp. when preset to do so; designating a switch, mechanism, etc., which initiates a process of self-destruction. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > self-destructive or destroyed self-destroying1613 self-destroyed1637 self-destructive1641 suicidal1768 auto-destructive1895 self-destruct1955 self-destructing1962 1955 Signal (Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Assoc.) Nov. 28/1 A ‘self-destruct’ circuit in the fuze will cause an anti-aircraft missile to destroy itself in mid-air so as to avoid danger to friendly ground forces. 1966 R. W. Taylor Doomsday Square iii. 36 There's a double safeguard in a self-destruct system that would operate automatically in case of navigational error. 1969 M. Crichton Andromeda Strain x. 108 At the lowest level of this laboratory is an automatic self-destruct device. 1975 J. Grady Shadow of Condor xvi. 250 He flicked the last strap holding him to the machine. He also punched the delayed self-destruct switch. 1981 Washington Post 5 Feb. a16/1 If the court upheld Congress' restrictions on its power to review constitutional questions, liberals say, the justices would be pushing a self-destruct button. 2014 N.Y. Times 6 Jan. (Late ed.) b5/1 That self-destruct feature initially gave the app a reputation as a favorite tool for so-called sexters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1962v.1955
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