🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

自爆する

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jibaku suru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Destruct/dɪˈstrʌkt/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"ロケットはコースから外れた場合に自爆するように設定されている。"

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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To destroy itself or be destroyed deliberately, typically by means of an explosive device built into it.

    "The experimental rocket was programmed to destruct if it veered off course."
As noun
  1. 1

    An act or instance of deliberate self-destruction or demolition.

    "Mission control initiated the destruct sequence when telemetry was lost."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived via back-formation from destruction, or from the Latin destructus, past participle of destruere (to build down, demolish). First popularized in aerospace terminology during the mid-20th century to describe the deliberate self-destruction of rockets or missiles.

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