Self-inflicted
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Self-inflicted is an adjective meaning Inflicted by oneself.
Meaning
Inflicted by oneself.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include suicide, self-directed, self-imposed, volunteer, voluntary, volunteers.
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