auto-destruct [aw-toh-di-struhkt] WORD ORIGIN verb (used without object) self-destruct. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of auto-destruct First recorded in 1970–75 Related formsau·to-de·struc·tion, nounau·to-de·struc·tive, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for autodestruct autodestruct adjective Also: autodestructive likely to or possessing the power to destroy or obliterate itself or its possessorautodestruct mechanism verb (intr) (of a missile, machine, etc) to destroy itself Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012