self-devouring
adjective uk/ˌself.dɪˈvaʊə.rɪŋ/ us/ˌself.dɪˈvaʊ.ɚ.ɪŋ/
自我吞噬的
Self-devouring systems, organizations, or people destroy themselves completely.
In the self-devouring world of pop, few bands have lasted as long as they have. 在自我吞噬的流行音乐世界中，很少有乐队能像他们一样持续这么长时间。
The proposed takeover is an open and shut case of self-devouring capitalism.
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- Years of economic mismanagement and self-devouring corruption have deprived the country of all authority in the region.
- There are a few voices that speak of the anxiety and the uncertainty that lurk just beneath the surface of our self-devouring culture.
- The police are also part of a fiercely self-devouring bureaucracy.