Causing injury to oneself or harm to one's interests.

(chemistry) The heating of a material, such as coal or wood, in an inert atmosphere, at a high temperature such as to cause decomposition; the principal products include oils and tars from which many useful organic compounds may be obtained; town gas and coke were obtained in this way.

(usually figuratively) To destroy oneself. / To destroy or greatly damage one's position in a game, in one's work or career, in one's financial or social position, etc.

(logic) A form of reductio ad absurdum which involves the denial of the first of a series of dependent propositions as a consequence of the denial of the last.

(computing) A backspace that erases the character at the previous position, in addition to moving the cursor.

plural of destructive backspace

plural of destructive distillation

plural of destructive criticism

In a self-destructive manner.

(computing, often attributive) A read operation that inherently erases the data that was read, requiring it to be immediately written back to the storage medium to prevent loss of data.