| I have to be careful not to throw the self-destruct switch when I get in a mood like this, wallowing in a pit of self-pity. |
| The condition of the wreckage suggested that, if the pylon support spindle broke in flight, the helicopter did not immediately self-destruct. |
| Cartels may self-destruct, but will in most cases be less efficient than mergers. |
| He mistrusted humanity's capacity to save or significantly improve itself, and was pretty certain that our civilization would self-destruct. |
| It could self-destruct, and it is doing little at the moment to help itself. |
| Even if I had achieved some of the worldly fruits of living, they would self-destruct at some point. |
