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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesautoaniquilar-se
Pronunciation / Transliteration: autoaniquilar-se
"Ele estava tão angustiado que considerou autoaniquilar-se."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To destroy oneself or one's own existence.
"In his despair, he felt as if he could self-annihilate, erasing all traces of his being." - 2
To cause one's own complete destruction or obliteration.
"The intense pressure of the situation made her feel like she was on the verge of self-annihilating."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'self-annihilate' is derived from the prefix 'self-', indicating a reflexive action, and 'annihilate', which comes from the Latin 'annihilare', meaning 'to reduce to nothing'. The term evolved in the English language to describe the act of destroying oneself, both physically and metaphorically, particularly in philosophical and psychological contexts.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Self-Annihilate" is said worldwide
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s'auto-anéantir
Transliteration: s'auto-anéantir
"Il a décidé de s'auto-anéantir à cause de son désespoir."
sich selbst vernichten
Transliteration: zikh zeltst fernikhtn
"Er fühlte sich, als könnte er sich selbst vernichten."
auto-annientarsi
Transliteration: auto-annientarsi
"La pressione lo portava a pensare di auto-annientarsi."
autoaniquilarse
Transliteration: autoaniquilarse
"Se sentía tan abrumado que pensó en autoaniquilarse."
autoaniquilar-se
Transliteration: autoaniquilar-se
"Ele estava tão angustiado que considerou autoaniquilar-se."
स्वयं-नाश करना
Transliteration: svayam-nash karna
"उसने अपने दुख के कारण स्वयं-नाश करने का विचार किया।"
自我毁灭
Transliteration: zì wǒ huǐ miè
"他感到绝望，甚至想要自我毁灭。"
자기 파괴하다
Transliteration: jagi pagoehada
"그는 절망감에 빠져 자기 파괴하겠다고 생각했다."
自己消滅する
Transliteration: jiko shōmetsu suru
"彼は絶望感から自己消滅を考えた。"
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