self-destruction

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self-destruction [¦self di¦strək·shən]

(ordnance)

The event, due to fuse or tracer action without outside stimulus when provided for in the design, in which the fuse or tracer effects projectile or missile destruction, after flight to a range greater than that of the target.

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No references found			Finally, to those nations who would make themselves our adversaries, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace; before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction. John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address by Kennedy, John F. View in context Pocket and Drummle while I was attentive to my knife and fork, spoon, glasses, and other instruments of self-destruction, that Drummle, whose Christian name was Bentley, was actually the next heir but one to a baronetcy. Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context After a dozen daughters of his own nobility had sought self-destruction rather than wed him he had given up. Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			self-coloured self-complementary graph self-complementing code self-conjugate particle self-conjugate partition self-conscious Self-Consciousness Self-Consistent Field self-consistent field method self-contained base-line system self-contained breathing apparatus self-contained database management system Self-Contained Electrical Power Supply self-contained night attack self-contained portable electric lamp self-contained range finder self-coved self-defence self-defense Self-Defense Force self-defocusing self-destroying self-destroying fuse self-destruct charge self-destructing e-mail self-destruction self-destruction equipment self-determination self-diagnostic routine self-differentiation Self-Diffusion self-documenting code self-dual switching function self-dumping cage self-dumping car Self-Education self-employed self-energizing brake self-energy self-esteem Self-Evaluation Self-Excitation of Generators Self-Excitation of Oscillations self-excited self-excited oscillator self-excited vibration Self-Extensible Language self-extinguishing self-extracting archive self-extracting exe self-extracting file			self-deprecatingly Self-deprecation self-deprecatory self-depreciation self-depreciatory self-derived power Self-Described Anarchist Collective Self-Describing Data Format Self-Descriptive Inventory Self-Descriptive Situational Awareness Self-designation Self-Designing Flight Control self-destroy Self-destroyer self-destroying self-destroying fuse self-destroying fuze self-destruct self-destruct self-destruct self-destruct charge Self-Destruct Mechanism Self-destruct sequence self-destructed self-destructing self-destructing e-mail self-destruction self-destruction equipment self-destructive Self-destructive behavior Self-destructive behaviour self-destructively self-destructiveness self-destructs self-determination self-determination self-determination Self-Determination and Enjoyment Enhancement Self-Determination Synthesis Project Self-determination theory self-determined self-determined self-determined self-determined being Self-Determined Career Development Model self-determining self-determining self-determining Self-deternination Self-deternination Self-deternination self-development self-development self-development Self-Development Kit Self-Development of People Self-devised

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