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单词 self-destruction
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self-destructionn.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfdᵻˈstrʌkʃn/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfdəˈstrəkʃən/
Forms: see self- prefix and destruction n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, destruction n.
Etymology: < self- prefix + destruction n. Compare earlier self-murder n., self-slaughter n.
Destruction of oneself or one's life, spec. suicide; the process by which a person brings about his or her own destruction, ruin, or downfall. Also: the action or process by which a system, organization, etc., destroys itself. Cf. auto-destruction n.
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the world > life > death > killing > suicide > [noun]
self-violence1532
self-slaughter1533
self-murder1570
self-destruction1572
self-death1583
self-killinga1586
self-homicide?1608
self-destroying1612
self-blood1621
suicide1643
autoctony1652
selfcide1692
suicism1751
suicidism1756
felo-de-se1771
felony-de-se1822
suicidalism1833
1572 G. Fenton tr. E. Pasquier Monophylo ii. f. 7v Where man drawing to himselfe, hys selfe destruction [Fr. cestuy homme se perdant à son esciant], without other power of remedy then to late a repentaunce.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xii. sig. X4 To frame of Earth a vessell of the minde, Where it should be to selfe-destruction bound.
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 364 Further than Selfe-destruction, none can drive this Selfe-seeking.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 1016 Self-destruction therefore saught, refutes That excellence thought in thee. View more context for this quotation
1752 W. Mason Elfrida 77 Ye need not fear it, She means not self-destruction.
1797 Ann. Agric. 28 186 Our enemies in a state of beggary..with no other trade than in arms..nor any industry but in self-destruction.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. iii. 52 To give gold to youth is..furnishing them with the means of self-destruction.
1889 D. B. Purinton Christian Theism iii. 125 This murderous philosophy, in destroying all things else, has likewise destroyed itself. In its self-destruction, we find a self-corrective.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 371 Very commonly attempts at self-destruction or self-injury are made.
1933 Broadway Brevities 30 Jan. 5/1 The suicide of an 80-year-old senile who was tormented into self-destruction due to the fear that his wife..had been untrue to him.
1963 I. Fleming On Her Majesty's Secret Service v. 55 The worm of self-destruction..behind the wild, playgirl façade, was eating away..her soul.
1996 Newsweek 12 Feb. 71/1 Little more than a year ago, the NAACP seemed to be hurtling toward self-destruction.
2002 Fangoria Mar. 28/2 Daniel's spiral into self-destruction is wonderfully edgy, as he transforms from concerned husband to first-class basket case.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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