0 past participle, past simple of self-destruct
1 If a machine or weapon self-destructs, it destroys itself, especially in a way that is planned:
The end result was that no official student list from the movement was agreed upon, and the student organisation essentially self-destructed.
Podvig says that it self-destructed and that its orbit was never stabilised.
He felt unworthy and unable to handle it, so he self-destructed.
An encrypted disc was included at the back of the book and automatically self-destructed after one reading.
Technically the project was a success, but eventually all participants self-destructed because of "the cyborg psychological crisis".
This satellite did not reach its working orbit and self-destructed.
He survived, having been behind one of his men who stood in front of him when the android self-destructed.
But despite the great expectations surrounding the team, they self-destructed in the playoffs.
