"self-delete" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: self-deletes [present, singular, third-person], self-deleting [participle, present], self-deleted [participle, past], self-deleted [past]
Etymology: self- + delete Etymology templates: {{com|en|self-|delete|}} self- + delete Head templates: {{en-verb|self-deletes|self-deleting|self-deleted}} self-delete (third-person singular simple present self-deletes, present participle self-deleting, simple past and past participle self-deleted)
  1. (Internet slang, humorous, euphemistic, intransitive) To commit suicide; to take one's own life. Tags: Internet, euphemistic, humorous, intransitive
    Sense id: en-self-delete-en-verb-DR9Qm90Q Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 7 26
  2. (informal, jargon, intransitive) To self-destruct. Tags: informal, intransitive, jargon
    Sense id: en-self-delete-en-verb-B4L5~Aa7
  3. (computing, programming, intransitive) Of code, to overwrite itself upon completion, usually with 0x00 or 0xFF bytes that represent an unwritten region. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Computing, Programming
    Sense id: en-self-delete-en-verb-Zq01X4UK Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: self-deletion

Inflected forms

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