0 present participle of self-destruct
1 If a machine or weapon self-destructs, it destroys itself, especially in a way that is planned:
Tinguely would go on to make two more self-destructing machines in the early 1960s, each more spectacular than the last.
The technology for self-destructing or self-neutralising land mines is not very advanced or difficult.
We support a prohibition on the emplacement of anti-personnel land mines without a self-destructing capability outside perimeter-marked areas monitored by military personnel.
However, in my judgment, self-destructing and self-neutralising land mines are the best possible route for our policy.
Until a world-wide ban on all anti-personnel mines is agreed, we shall also pursue current procurement plans to replace our existing mines with self-destructing ones.
It is not quite correct that all so-called self-destructing mines in practice do self-destruct.
Will they not have to develop a whole new range of self-destructing mines?
Our aim should be to ensure that existing stocks are replaced as quickly as possible with self-destructing mines.
