Autoclastic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Autoclastic \Au`to*clas"tic\, a. [See {Auto-}; {Clastic}.]
     (Geol.)
     Broken in place; -- said of rocks having a broken or
     brecciated structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of
     brecciated materials brought from a distance.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]