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synonyms for self destruction

  • hara-kiri
  • mélange
  • self-destruction
  • self-immolation
  • seppuku
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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to self destruction, such as: hara-kiri, mélange, self-destruction, self-immolation, null, and seppuku.
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How to use self destruction in a sentence

Crazy, he said of his wife; a poor mad thing bent on self-destruction in wild and mournful ways.
THE FLOCKMASTER OF POISON CREEKGEORGE W. OGDEN
Many times no real reason can be given for these acts of self-destruction.
FRANK MERRIWELL'S PURSUITBURT L. STANDISH
Without doubt he was a hardened and depraved wretch; but it is in man's nature to revolt at self-destruction.
THE TRIAL OF THEODORE PARKERTHEODORE PARKER
This last sentence several shrewd detectives thought implied that the writer intended self-destruction.
SHADOW, THE MYSTERIOUS DETECTIVEPOLICE CAPTAIN HOWARD
Never for one instant before had the possibility of the wife's self-destruction occurred to her.
A SHEAF OF CORNMARY E. MANN
The weakness of her overwrought body saved her from the crime of self-destruction.
GUY KENMORE'S WIFE AND THE ROSE AND THE LILYMRS. ALEX MCVEIGH MILLER
Here, too, the pleasure in the quest of pain is intensified to the highest superlative, to a voluptuous joy in self-destruction.
MILE VERHAERENSTEFAN ZWEIG
Yet this power of self-destruction is repugnant to nature, and has been rightly opposed by every religion.
THE MEMOIRES OF CASANOVA, COMPLETEJACQUES CASANOVA DE SEINGALT
He decided that something occult which originated outside him was impelling him toward self-destruction.
NARCISSUSEVELYN SCOTT
How it will end I do not know, but I am glad to have saved him from self-destruction.
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKY
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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