as in suicide
the act of deliberately killing oneself
the controversy over self-destruction accomplished with the assistance of a physician or other person
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He’s toed the line between aggression and self-destruction this year better, and teammates and coaches have raved about his engagement level outside of game time.
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2025
There is presumably an equal chance that AGI or ASI would essentially save humankind from its own self-destruction.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Throughout the album, there’s an acknowledgement that to be human is to revel in self-destruction and rebuilding while opening yourself up to the painful risk of being known.
—Gabrielle MacAfee, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
The entire final sequence, which sees Carter, with a rictus grin, slaughtering his wife in the kitchen, envisions the self-destruction of the nuclear family.
—Beatrice Loayza, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2025
There is presumably an equal chance that AGI or ASI would essentially save humankind from its own self-destruction.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Throughout the album, there’s an acknowledgement that to be human is to revel in self-destruction and rebuilding while opening yourself up to the painful risk of being known.
—Gabrielle MacAfee, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
The entire final sequence, which sees Carter, with a rictus grin, slaughtering his wife in the kitchen, envisions the self-destruction of the nuclear family.
—Beatrice Loayza, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Self-destruction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-destruction. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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