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Noun self-destruction has 2 senses

suicide, self-destruction, self-annihilation - the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit suicide"
--₁ is a kind of killing, kill, putting to death
--₁ has particulars:
assisted suicide; felo-de-se; harakiri, hara-kiri, harikari; suttee

Derived forms: verb self-destroy₁, verb self-destruct₁
self-destruction - the act of destroying yourself; "his insistence was pure self-destruction"
--₂ is a kind of destruction, devastation

Derived forms: verb self-destroy₁, verb self-destruct₁