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self-inflicted

[self-in-flik-tid, self-]

adjective

  1. inflicted by oneself upon oneself.

    a self-inflicted wound.



self-inflicted

adjective

  1. (of an injury) having been inflicted on oneself by oneself

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • self-infliction noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of self-inflicted1

First recorded in 1775–85
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Russia's Investigative Committee says former Russian transport minister Roman Starovoit has been found dead, apparently with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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This isn’t just a self-inflicted energy crisis in the making.

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Police initially said that Mr Ojwang died of self-inflicted wounds, but were forced to retract the statement after an autopsy found that he was likely to have died from assault wounds.

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It said the problems were "self-inflicted" and it should have been clear to senior members of the university that its financial position "was worse than presented".

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He says he arrived early on the Sunday morning at the station, and after being kept waiting for several hours, was eventually told that his son had died from self-inflicted wounds.

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