self-delete

verb

To commit suicide.

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Meanings

verbself-delete (third-person singular simple present self-deletes, present participle self-deleting, simple past and past participle self-deleted)

present singular third person self-deletes · participle present self-deleting · participle past self-deleted · past self-deleted

  1. intransitiveTo commit suicide.
  2. informalintransitivejargonTo self-destruct.
  3. intransitivecomputingOf code, to overwrite itself upon completion, usually with 0x00 or 0xFF bytes that represent an unwritten region.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
commit suicideend one's lifesillycidesuicide

Origin

From self- + delete.

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Cite this entry
APA

self-delete. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-delete

MLA

“self-delete.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-delete. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-delete,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-delete.

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