Self-destruction

2 definitions found

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

  Self-destruction \Self`-de*struc"tion\, n.
     The destruction of one's self; self-murder; suicide.
     --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  self-destruction
       n 1: the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit
            suicide" [syn: {suicide}, {self-annihilation}]
       2: the act of destroying yourself; "his insistence was pure
          self-destruction"