(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.

(Australia) A government license to kill or remove fauna that would otherwise be protected.

simple past tense and past participle of self-destruct

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of self-destruct

present participle of self-destruct

(economics, capitalism) The process of industrial mutation that continually revolutionizes the economic structure from within.

plural of self-destruction

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mass, destruction. / (uncountable, idiomatic) Killing of large numbers of people.

plural of destruction permit

(economics) A permanent or sustained decline in the demand for a good in response to persistent high prices or limited supply.