First Contact became humanity's salvation as it was at the brink of self-destruction.
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Self-destruction
Synonyms for "self-destruction" (4 found)
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17 translations across 13 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- самазнішчэ́нне noun (act of something destroying itself)
- самаразбурэ́нне noun (act of something destroying itself)
Catalan
1 entries- autodestrucció noun (act of something destroying itself)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 自我毀滅 /自我毁灭 noun (act of something destroying itself)
Finnish
1 entries- itsetuho noun (act of something destroying itself)
French
1 entries- autodestruction noun (act of something destroying itself)
German
1 entries- Selbstzerstörung noun (act of something destroying itself)
Indonesian
1 entries- destruksi diri noun (act of something destroying itself)
Japanese
1 entries- 自滅 noun (act of something destroying itself)
Polish
3 entries- autodestrukcja noun (act of something destroying itself)
- samozagłada noun (act of something destroying itself)
- samozniszczenie noun (act of something destroying itself)
Romanian
1 entries- autodistrugere noun (act of something destroying itself)
Russian
2 entries- саморазруше́ние noun (act of something destroying itself)
- самоуничтоже́ние noun (act of something destroying itself)
Spanish
1 entries- autodestrucción noun (act of something destroying itself)
Swedish
1 entries- självförstörelse noun (act of something destroying itself)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
I see self-destruction now on a grand scale. That is, the unwillingness to pay for the things society needs. That's the most basic kind of self-destruction. That we're not prepared to pay for schools, we're not prepared to pay for highways. That is self-destruction. What are we doing to ourselves? It is nuts.
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Sami was involved in Layla's self-destruction.
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Sex and drugs are a path to self-destruction.
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