self-destroy vs destroy

self-destroy and destroy both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
self-destroy	No	No	Yes	No
destroy	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, destroy is a hypernym of self-destroy; that is, destroy is a word with a broader meaning than self-destroy:

Other hypernyms of self-destroy include destruct.

self-destroy (verb)	destroy (verb)
do away with oneself or itself	defeat soundly and humiliatingly
	destroy completely; damage irreparably
	put (an animal) to death
	do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of