His insistence was pure self-destruction. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A black comic look at self-destruction in Glasgow. From Wordnik.com. [Anticipating The Joys Of Summer] Reference
GROSS: Did you have that problem, self-destruction?. From Wordnik.com. [Billie Joe Armstrong, From Green Day To Broadway] Reference
Why is the tendency to self-destruction lessened by war?. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
It's my own stupidity and indulgence in self-destruction. From Wordnik.com. [Leox] Reference
The poor and very poor are sleeping with self-destruction. From Wordnik.com. [‘Hope on a Tightrope’] Reference
Was Umè-ko to cheat them all, at the last, by self-destruction?. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Painter] Reference
If not, the historical precedent of self-destruction is inevitable. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Alternative Fuels] Reference
The Salvation Army, in attempting to lessen self-destruction by opening. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
And that was a side of me that tended toward anger and self-destruction. From Wordnik.com. [A Body Divided, 6] Reference
December is everywhere the month in which self-destruction is least frequent. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
There was method in their madness, but it was the method of self-destruction. From Wordnik.com. [Political Recollections 1840 to 1872] Reference
There are many who in a frenzy of despair commit the crime of self-destruction. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
Indeed, Germany seems bent on an almost willful path of economic self-destruction. From Wordnik.com. [The German Problem] Reference
Little more than a year ago, the NAACP seemed to be hurtling toward self-destruction. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Best Hope] Reference
Not only are they hell-bent on self-destruction, they're taking America down with them. From Wordnik.com. [Top Five Financial Pornographers] Reference
But war is not the only agency that exerts a restraining influence upon self-destruction. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
In a 2004 video message, he boasted about leading America on the path to self-destruction. From Wordnik.com. [Ted Koppel: Nine years after 9/11, let's stop playing into bin Laden's hands] Reference
The radiation kills immune-system white cells by triggering mechanisms of self-destruction. From Wordnik.com. [QUIETING A BODY'S DEFENSES] Reference
It's never a positive experience to see someone move closer to extremism and self-destruction. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen Marshall: Apres Hannity, Le Deluge] Reference
If they become conscious the human organism must perform an immediate act of self-destruction. From Wordnik.com. [The Status Civilization] Reference
Never for one instant before had the possibility of the wife's self-destruction occurred to her. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
And no one suggests that Haiti is as warlike, well armed and bent on self-destruction as Somalia. From Wordnik.com. [Yes, There Is A National Interest] Reference
Much to the glee of Dana White and the UFC, boxing's capacity for self-destruction seems boundless. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Marino: Finally, Something to Cheer About in Boxing: Marquez-Diaz II] Reference
I could not believe, for an instant, that Dr. Webb would have committed the crime of self-destruction. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
What are the reasons for the steady and progressive increase of self-destruction in civilized countries?. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
Every society has a purpose, and the criminal population of Omega is bent upon its own self-destruction. From Wordnik.com. [The Status Civilization] Reference
Nuclear disarmament asks whether mankind can act to reduce the risks of self-destruction posed by "God's fire.". From Wordnik.com. [The Moral Challenge of a Nuclear-Free World] Reference
The conversation is certainly not about the destruction -- and self-destruction -- of young black boys in our city. From Wordnik.com. [DeMorning DeBonis: Aug. 30, 2010] Reference
Through her music, she's walked a razor's edge between willful self-destruction and seeking expiation for her sins. From Wordnik.com. [Got Love If You Want It: Courtney's Diaries] Reference
Milosevic might reflect a monstrous wish buried in many Serbs 'souls: an ill-controlled longing for self-destruction. From Wordnik.com. [A Test Of Survival] Reference
They can't turn to their old newspapers for help, because they, too, are on the brink of default and self-destruction. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Davis: The Virtual Breadline] Reference
Nietzsche have embarked on the suicide of thought, and that a later disciple to this self-destruction is Bernard Shaw. From Wordnik.com. [Gilbert Keith Chesterton] Reference
They reveal, in a way that has never been clearly understood before, how Nixon sowed the seeds of his own self-destruction. From Wordnik.com. [Nixon Off The Record] Reference
It gave the world two harrowing choices -- self-destruction via fallout from the bombs or annihilation via the sinister Flying Eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Colors of Space] Reference
Each made the plain statement that if he were more deficient than his opponent in that regard, self-destruction would be his only refuge. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
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