n.
A mechanism for causing a device to destroy itself.
intr.v., -struct·ed, -struct·ing, -structs.
To destroy oneself or itself: "died at 28, wasted from years of self-destructing on drugs" (Jack Kroll).
[Back-formation from SELF-DESTRUCTION.]
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