self-destruction

"I think I was always out for self-destruction anyway."

In the end, grief may have played a part in Bartkus’ self-destruction.

The idea that someone could be brainwashed to the point of self-destruction shook the public to its core.

Why did they stick by him, even as it became increasingly clear he was putting the whole community on a pathway to self-destruction?

But their journey South is just as much one of deliberate self-destruction, an epic flame-out that is clearly meant to climax once they arrive at their parents’ home — the prodigal child’s disastrous return.