SELF-DESTRUCTING Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

self-destructing

verb

present participle of self-destruct

as in imploding

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Faced with a currency in free fall, a banking crisis, and an imploding economy, President Jamil Mahuad announced on January 9, 2000, that Ecuador would replace the sucre with the dollar at 25,000 sucres to the dollar.

— Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
Kyle Chandler played John Rayburn, the family’s sheriff son and main character who tried to stop his family from imploding.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026

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Nearly a third of its education budget is eaten up by pensions, so its poorer schools are crumbling.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 26 Oct. 2026
In Frankfurt, a gray city crumbling at the corners and still finding its footing after the war, though somehow doing its best to pretend all is well, Mann and Erika are greeted by the mayor and hustled off to a press conference.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 Oct. 2026

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