simple past tense and past participle of self-destruct

present participle of self-destruct

The state or tendency of being self-destructive.

(logic) A form of reductio ad absurdum which involves the denial of the first of a series of dependent propositions as a consequence of the denial of the last.

plural of destructive criticism

plural of destructive distillation

(computing) A backspace that erases the character at the previous position, in addition to moving the cursor.

plural of destructive backspace

(computing, often attributive) A read operation that inherently erases the data that was read, requiring it to be immediately written back to the storage medium to prevent loss of data.

plural of destructive read