destruct

de·struct  (d-strkt, dstrkt)

n.

The intentional, usually remote-controlled destruction of a space vehicle, rocket, or missile after launching, as for defective performance or reasons of safety.

v. de·struct·ed, de·struct·ing, de·structs

v.tr.

To destroy intentionally (a rocket or missile) after launch.

v.intr.

To self-destruct.

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[Back-formation from destruction.]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	destruct - destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons" destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
	2.	destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house" destroy kill - destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" do away with, eliminate, get rid of, extinguish - terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" unmake, undo - deprive of certain characteristics self-destroy, self-destruct - do away with oneself or itself; "The machine will self-destruct if you tamper with it" destruct - destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons" end - put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived" fracture - interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power" sweep away, wipe out - eliminate completely and without a trace; "The old values have been wiped out" interdict - destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication demolish, pulverise, pulverize - destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand" break apart, disassemble, take apart, dismantle, break up - take apart into its constituent pieces pull down, rase, raze, dismantle, tear down, level, take down - tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" extirpate, root out, uproot, eradicate, exterminate - destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" dilapidate - bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse demyelinate - destroy the myelin sheath of; "the disease demyelinated the nerve fibers"