self-inflicted
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]self-inflicted (not comparable)
- Inflicted by oneself.
- Police said they found the driver deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot injuries.
- An expert in the self-inflicted wound, his attacks frequently miss their target in favour of reminding you of his own failings.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Krogan Codex entry:
- When the salarians discovered them, the krogan were a brutal, primitive species struggling to survive a self-inflicted nuclear winter. The salarians culturally uplifted them, teaching them to use and build modern technology so they could serve as soldiers in the Rachni War.
- 2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 43:
- One huge self-inflicted wound the industry is now suffering from is the lack of coupling compatibility. Up to the 1980s virtually everything had compatible drawgear on a given route, so there was every chance of pushing a failed train out of the way. Since privatisation, compatibility has been lost and in the last few years operators seem to have gone out of their way to avoid compatibility.
- 2025 January 1, Reuters, “Suspect in Montenegro shooting dies from self-inflicted injuries after killing at least 12 people”, in CNN[1]:
- A man shot dead 12 people in a rampage in a small town in Montenegro before dying from self-inflicted injuries early on Thursday, authorities said, in one of the tiny Balkan nation’s worst mass killings.
Translations
[edit]Inflicted by oneself
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