[Vocabulary] destroy/destruct

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mmasny

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Is there a difference? If so, what is?
 

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Is there a difference? If so, what is?

Yes, there is a difference, "to destruct" doesn't exist in BrE, it exists in AmE. In BrE there is a phrasal verb " to self-destruct", otherwise the verb is "to destroy".
 

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Can I say 'self-destroy' too?
 
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