self-destroy vs destruct

self-destroy and destruct both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of self-destroy include destroy.

self-destroy (verb)	destruct (verb)
do away with oneself or itself	do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
	destroy (one's own missile or rocket)