The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a destruct mechanism on a missile. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : One out of ten launchings ended in destructs. From Dictionary.com.
The GOP's ability to self destruct is breath taking and a pleasurre to watch. From Wordnik.com. [Hatch reminds committee of past Obama statements] Reference
Why an out-of-power party would choose to unilaterally self-destruct is beyond me. From Wordnik.com. [Top GOP strategist calls for Steele to step down] Reference
Not somebody who seemed destined to self-destruct. From Wordnik.com. [The Lisa Nowak I Knew] Reference
Even cell phones that you can order to self-destruct. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2006] Reference
Eventually I wanted to press the self-destruct button. From Wordnik.com. [Sadie Frost In 'Crazy Days': I Slashed My Arm With Scissors During Marriage To Jude Law] Reference
And, remember that crazy bosses eventually self-destruct. From Wordnik.com. [101 Ways To Survive Your Boss] Reference
This story will self-destruct after two and a half pages. From Wordnik.com. [Mission Accomplished] Reference
The alternative: the royal house eventually will self-destruct. From Wordnik.com. [Why Charles Should Go] Reference
They expected Paladino to self-destruct, and he's not going to. From Wordnik.com. [Cuomo Urged To Fight Back] Reference
You feel like he's, like, pressed his own self-destruct button. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 30, 2009] Reference
But I won't self-destruct over what the world does with my work. From Wordnik.com. [Lisa Jones: Truck Stop Book Tour] Reference
That's a permanent thing now; it's not going to destruct or vanish. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2007] Reference
Once again India has fallen victim to its tendency to self-destruct. From Wordnik.com. [Stirring Old Hatreds In India] Reference
Yes, Wall Street has a death wish, secretly trying to self-destruct. From Wordnik.com. [Top Five Financial Pornographers] Reference
But the cell-suicide gene will make his prostate cells self-destruct. From Wordnik.com. [Designer Babies] Reference
The upshot, according to Steinberg, is that "Kadima may self-destruct.". From Wordnik.com. [Armchair Generals] Reference
A senior Israeli says if Hamas continues its present policies it will self-destruct. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 14, 2006] Reference
Or else the field may self-destruct, going out with style in the form of a solar flare. From Wordnik.com. [Mysteries Of The Sun] Reference
Question this hour, are the Democrats threatening to self - destruct over ethics issues?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2009] Reference
Will they be able to overcome the setback and charge ahead -- or will they self-destruct?. From Wordnik.com. [Jaunted - The Pop Culture Travel Guide] Reference
If you don't self-destruct, you'll live for a long time, probably longer than you want to. From Wordnik.com. [THE GIFT] Reference
Here's the question -- are the Democrats threatening to self - destruct over ethics issues?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2009] Reference
Its an entertaining thought to watch a rock figure whos public domain mentally self destruct. From Wordnik.com. ['If You Read You'll Judge'] Reference
Bullet-pouches were three times faster, and with self-destruct, an infinitely better security risk. From Wordnik.com. [Oberheim (Voices)] Reference
You could either sit around and watch him do this to himself and self-destruct, or you could leave. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 9, 2009] Reference
The onboard system is designed to issue a destruct signal if a launch flight deviates from its path. From Wordnik.com. [NASA to launch rocket from Virginia] Reference
FIDEL CASTRO, CUBAN PRESIDENT (through translator): This country, this revolution, can self-destruct. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 16, 2006] Reference
Simon and Garfunkel comes to mind, for example, and just as many stories about how they self-destruct. From Wordnik.com. [Hall And Oates: Bringing Back The Hits] Reference
Why is it, that Britney, Paris, Lindsay and Nicole seem to self destruct in public over and over again?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2007] Reference
Eisenhower let the noxious Joe McCarthy slowly self-destruct and declined to rescue the French in Vietnam. From Wordnik.com. [The '50S] Reference
Existing nuclear arsenals are essentially a carefully well-maintained self-destruct mechanism for humanity. From Wordnik.com. [Letters: ‘Learning To Love The Bomb’] Reference
Just as expansions ultimately tend to self-destruct, so downswings tend to generate self-correcting forces. From Wordnik.com. [You Call this a Depression?] Reference
How much of the emergency destruct process had been carried out by the time they landed, we just don't know. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Pentagon Spokesman Quigley Addresses Reporters About Spy Plane Row With China - April 3, 2001] Reference
And I've told my Democratic friends if nothing else, just keep your mouths shut and just let us self-destruct. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2006] Reference
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