self-immolate

But a real and terrible descent into drugs and addiction and self-flagellation on the altar of morning news shows is one thing on television, another thing with five children watching their father self-immolate.

Charlie Sheen high on Charlie Sheen -- and the world can't get enough 2011

Ms. Noonan's tirade against Mr. Rumsfeld's unwillingness to self-immolate is shrill, unfair and premature, but it is sure to win her lots of praise and respect in elite media circles.

Documentation in Rumsfeld's Memoir Is Unprecedented 2011

But where did this siege mentality come from, why is it so fervent, how long will it last -- and the biggest question of all: Will the movement self-immolate, or will it keep spreading its scorched-earth rebellion?

Three books on the Tea Party, reviewed by Steven Levingston Post 2010

But where did this siege mentality come from, why is it so fervent, how long will it last -- and the biggest question of all: Will the movement self-immolate, or will it keep spreading its scorched-earth rebellion?

Three books on the Tea Party, reviewed by Steven Levingston Post 2010

I could hear her, scuttling around in my closet kitchen, waiting for some broccoli to self-immolate because she forgot to keep watch.

Maggie Kshiti Vaghela 2011

But where did this siege mentality come from, why is it so fervent, how long will it last -- and the biggest question of all: Will the movement self-immolate, or will it keep spreading its scorched-earth rebellion?

Three books on the Tea Party, reviewed by Steven Levingston Post 2010

Free Tibet, a London-based advocacy group, said Tibetans were detained after pamphlets began circulating in the area calling for Tibetan independence and listing the names of a small number of local residents who were willing to self-immolate in support of it.

Tibetan Said Killed at Protest in China 2012

Our ideologues are as uncompromising as those on the right, and seem to just as determined to self-immolate.

TPMDC Morning Roundup 2010

What they're basically asking is for the voters to get behind a fourth gubernatorial candidate: after forcing Josh Penry out of the race, watching McInnis self-immolate, and now with the Republican brass trying one last time to veto the choice made by almost 200,000 Republican rank-and-file voters.

Last-Ditch Attempt to Force Maes Out Underway? 2010

But why do some public people in these crosshairs self-immolate while others endure and prevail?

Mark Green: A Guide to Gaffe-Gate 2010