Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-terminate

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables
self--ter-mi-nate
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To terminate automatically.

Transitive verb

verb

To commit suicide.

Etymology

From self- + terminate.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

self-terminates (present, singular) self-terminating (participle, present) self-terminated (participle, past) self-terminated (past)

Questions

What does self-terminate mean?
To terminate automatically.
Where does self-terminate come from?
From self- + terminate.

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