verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To commit suicide; to take one's own life. Internet, euphemistic, humorous, intransitive
2. 2
   To self-destruct. informal, intransitive, jargon
3. 3
   Of code, to overwrite itself upon completion, usually with 0x00 or 0xFF bytes that represent an unwritten region. intransitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

commit suicideend one's lifesillycidesuicide

Etymology

From self- + delete.

Related phrases

self-deletion

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