self-destructive

ADJECTIVE
  1. dangerous to yourself or your interests
    suicidal impulses
    a kamikaze pilot
    a suicidal corporate takeover strategy
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How To Use self-destructive In A Sentence

  • At one point a couple of years ago, he says, he thought about ending it all, going out after one last amazing, self-destructive bender.
  • Having browsed through this book, you've probably realized that despite the noise, stink, stupidity and self-destructiveness of Planet Earth, it's not a bad place to vacation.
  • When it comes to playing debased, self-destructive women, Leigh is the best actress in Hollywood.
  • The second is the reckless, destructive and self-destructive way we humans manage the planet. Times, Sunday Times
  • What if the very ‘fact’ of progress is ultimately self-destructive?
  • Shakespeare has established that Mercutio is a rather dirty-minded young rogue, cynical about love and sex, and inclined to find ways to ridicule and embarrass everyone he deals with, including his best friends, when he thinks they're being foolish or self-destructive or pursuing pleasures that don't include Mercutio. Did Viola, Rosalind, and Portia wax?
  • It drives him to self-destructive behaviour. Times, Sunday Times
  • Before then, we are inclined to believe only hip jazz musicians and self-destructive beat poets did dope.
  • One sibling's hard-partying, self-destructive lifestyle makes the other despair, but the pair are making too much money to cut each other off completely.
  • A significant subpopulation of participants in the study showed a strong disposition to engage in antisocial behavior, including irrational and self-destructive violence.
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