self-destruction
Example Sentences
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After the break, and again against Cape Verde, Uruguay at least created chances — and without two moments of self-destruction would already be through to the last 32.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the world and put society on the fast track for self-destruction, the metaphor initially feels overbearing, another indication that Spielberg is laying it on too thick.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
We have written a bit about Mace and the self-destruction she’ll put herself through to satisfy an unhealthy need for camera time.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026
Europe’s savage self-destruction reunited techne and themis: the technologies of the Industrial Revolution and the ideologies of the French Revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
It is not yet clear that we have the wisdom to avoid our own self-destruction.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
