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Example sentences for: self-destruct

How can you use “self-destruct” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

--the replacement of "Sammy Glick" with "Tracy Flick" gives the game away--but told in a way that makes more (or more modern) sense: Its hero--unlike Budd Schulberg's--doesn't remain the voice of moral authority; his envy, self-hatred, and displaced lust makes him self-destruct in spectacular fashion.
According to this model, cells without normal BRCA1 activity may accumulate genetic alterations as a result of failure to arrest and repair DNA damage or self-destruct, thereby leading to genomic instability and neoplastic progression.
Fallen works feverishly to keep you distracted from its hollow center but, like a lot of movies these days, it starts to self-destruct well before you've got 500 cubits away from the theater.