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autodestruct

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autodestruct [ˌɔːtəʊdɪˈstrʌkt]
adj also autodestructive
(Engineering / General Engineering) likely to or possessing the power to destroy or obliterate itself or its possessor autodestruct mechanism
vb (intr)
(Engineering / General Engineering) (of a missile, machine, etc.) to destroy itself


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