destructor

[dih-struhk-ter]

de·struc·tor

[dih-struhk-ter]
noun
1.
British. a furnace for the burning of refuse; incinerator.
2.
Rocketry. a destruct mechanism or device for destroying an off-course airborne missile or launch vehicle.

Origin:
1685–95; < Late Latin dēstructor, equivalent to Latin dēstruc- variant stem of dēstruere (see destruction) + -tor -tor
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Destructor is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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destructor (dɪˈstrʌktə)
 
n
1.  a furnace or incinerator for the disposal of refuse, esp one that uses the resulting heat to generate power
2.  a device used to blow up a dangerously defective missile or rocket after launching

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destructor definition

programming
A function provided by a class in C++ and some other object-oriented languages to delete an object, the inverse of a constructor.
(1998-04-28)

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