self-destroy

1. 1.

   do away with oneself or itself

   “The machine will self-destruct if you tamper with it”

   Synonymsself-destruct

   Broaderdestroy

Questions about self-destroy

What does self-destroy mean?

self-destroy means "do away with oneself or itself".

How many syllables are in self-destroy?

self-destroy has 3 syllables and divides as self--de-stroy under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for self-destroy?

Close synonyms include self-destruct. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.