Destructor

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  • noun. An incinerator for refuse.
  • noun. An explosive, usually remote-controlled device for effecting a destruct.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A destroyer; a consumer.
  • noun. Specifically, a furnace or crematory for the burning of refuse.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A destroyer.
  • noun. A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of refuse.
  • noun. in object-oriented programming, a function which destroys an object which was previously created by a different function.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. One who destructs.
  • noun. In object-oriented programming, the command sequence that is launched when the execution of an object is finished.
  • Word Usage
    "They eat the stem, which thus becomes weak, and breaks; but are checked by another insect, called the destructor, otherwise whole crops of wheat would be annihilated."
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