1.
[syn: suicide, self-destruction, self-annihilation]
2. the act of destroying yourself;
- Example: "his insistence was pure self-destruction"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Self-destruction \Self`-de*struc"tion\, n.
The destruction of one's self; self-murder; suicide.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
self-destruction
n 1: the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit
suicide" [syn: suicide, self-destruction, self-
annihilation]
2: the act of destroying yourself; "his insistence was pure
self-destruction"