self-delete

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self-delete

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From self- + delete.

verb self-deletes · self-deleting · self-deleted

intransitive To commit suicide.
informal, intransitive, jargon To self-destruct.
intransitive Of code, to overwrite itself upon completion, usually with 0x00 or 0xFF bytes that represent an unwritten region.

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@misc{self_delete_2026,
  title = {self-delete},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/self-delete},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}