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self-destruct

Translations

self-destructnoun
self-destructs
pl
dispositif d'autodestructionPour le mécanisme ou la fonction de destruction automatique.
The satellite carries a self-destruct to prevent its technology from falling into hostile hands.
Le satellite comporte un dispositif d'autodestruction pour empêcher sa technologie de tomber entre des mains hostiles.
self-destructverb
self-destructed
Past Simple
self-destructed
Past Participle
self-destructing
Gerund
s'autodétruireEmploi littéral et figuré.
The probe will self-destruct if it is captured by enemy forces.
La sonde s'autodétruira si elle est capturée par les forces ennemies.
self-destructadjective
Used attributively before a noun (e.g. "self-destruct mechanism")
They installed a self-destruct switch on the device.
Ils ont installé un interrupteur autodestructeur sur l'appareil.

Definitions

self-destructnoun
An act or mechanism of intentional self-destruction.
The satellite carries a self-destruct to prevent its technology from falling into hostile hands.
self-destructverb
To destroy itself automatically or deliberately, often by explosion.
The probe will self-destruct if it is captured by enemy forces.
Figuratively, to bring about one's own failure or ruin through one's actions.
He seemed determined to self-destruct just when his career was taking off.
self-destructadjective
Designed to destroy itself automatically.
They installed a self-destruct switch on the device.
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