as in to implode
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Recent Examples of self-destruct
These mines are designed to self-destruct after a set period of time—this is meant to prevent casualties from mines planted in long-dormant battlefields.
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Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Back then, a handful of photos and images from the Florida Keys and Puerto Rico showed debris in the sky after Starship activated its self-destruct mechanism due to an onboard fire caused by a dump of liquid oxygen propellant.
—Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
The choice is between a regenerative and renewable economy that fosters long-term, compounding growth, and a degenerative one that self-destructs.
—Rose Marcario, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
One that doesn’t embrace these pillars can ultimately create an echo chamber of stagnation and, in some cases, self-destruct.
—Adam Povlitz, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Back then, a handful of photos and images from the Florida Keys and Puerto Rico showed debris in the sky after Starship activated its self-destruct mechanism due to an onboard fire caused by a dump of liquid oxygen propellant.
—Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
The choice is between a regenerative and renewable economy that fosters long-term, compounding growth, and a degenerative one that self-destructs.
—Rose Marcario, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
One that doesn’t embrace these pillars can ultimately create an echo chamber of stagnation and, in some cases, self-destruct.
—Adam Povlitz, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Roller coaster implosion Watch former world's tallest and fastest roller coaster being imploded 00:35 After 19 years of service at Six Flags Adventure Park in New Jersey, Kingda Ka, once the world’s tallest and fastest roller coaster, went on its final kinetic adventure.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
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But timing proved to be everything in a race that didn’t have a clear front-runner after Emilia Pérez, with its leading 13 nominations, imploded when the Karla Sofía Gascón scandal erupted.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
3 Mar. 2025
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Today, despite its crumbling condition, the concrete trough still attracts young Bosnian athletes chasing Olympic dreams.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
1 Mar. 2025
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But the vaccine's power to beat back measles outbreaks starts to crumble when vaccination rates drop low enough.—
Alyson Hurt,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2025
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Cleveland area homes spent a median of 33 days on the market before going under contract in December, data shows.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
10 Mar. 2025
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February brought a thaw to what had been a chilly start of the year for metro Denver’s housing market, with more homes listed, more homes going under contract and more sales completed, according to an update Wednesday from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.—
Aldo Svaldi,
The Denver Post,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Self-destruct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-destruct. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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