This tape will self-destruct in 30 seconds.
这盘磁带将在30秒后自毁。
牛津词典
(figurative)In the last half-hour of the movie the plot rapidly self-destructs.
在电影的最后半个小时里,故事情节迅速了结。
牛津词典
They're going to be famous, but unless something happens, they're going to self-destruct...
他们将会出名,但如果照现在这样发展下去,他们会自毁前程。
He won the election because the Democrats self-destructed in their primary.
民主党在初选中自毁长城,所以才让他赢得了选举。