self-destruction

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English destruction English self-destruction From self- + destruction.

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: самаразбурэ́нне (samarazburénnje) — act of something destroying itself
• Belarusian: самазнішчэ́нне (samazniščénnje) — act of something destroying itself
• Catalan: autodestrucció — act of something destroying itself
• Chinese Mandarin: 自我毀滅 /自我毁灭 (zìwǒ huǐmiè) — act of something destroying itself
• Finnish: itsetuho — act of something destroying itself
• French: autodestruction — act of something destroying itself
• German: Selbstzerstörung — act of something destroying itself
• Indonesian: destruksi diri — act of something destroying itself
• Japanese: 自滅 (jimetsu) — act of something destroying itself
• Polish: autodestrukcja — act of something destroying itself
• Polish: samozagłada — act of something destroying itself
• Polish: samozniszczenie — act of something destroying itself
• Romanian: autodistrugere — act of something destroying itself
• Russian: саморазруше́ние (samorazrušénije) — act of something destroying itself
• Russian: самоуничтоже́ние (samouničtožénije) — act of something destroying itself
• Spanish: autodestrucción — act of something destroying itself
• Swedish: självförstörelse — act of something destroying itself