autodestructive

adj

autodestructive

adj

Etymology From auto- + destructive.

1

Self-destroying; self-destructive.

  • […] until 1957 he was a painter. However, as he told Bomberg, he was searching for something 'extremely fast and intense' and in 1960 he began 'painting' with acid on nylon, thus becoming a pioneer of autodestructive art, for which he has remained the chief spokesman.1993, Jonathan Law, European culture: a contemporary companion, page 247:
  • Collectively they conjure up a crazed version of autodestructive white America at its most solipsistic, hankering after its own lost origins.1996 June 28, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Acid Western”, in Chicago Reader:
1 more example
  • In contrast to what might be expected, MHC class I-deficient mice are not autodestructive.2000 June 16, Per-Arne Oldenborg et al., “Role of CD47 as a Marker of Self on Red Blood Cells”, in Science, volume 288, number 5473, →DOI, pages 2051–2054:

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