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Autolysis is the self-digestion of a cell by its own enzymes, typically the lysosomal enzymes that leak out when a cell is damaged or dies. This means the destruction is driven by the cell’s own enzymatic machinery, making destruction of cells by their own enzymes the best description. It does involve cells and their internal processes, and it isn’t about external enzymes acting on cells, nor about cell division.