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de⋅struc⋅tor

  [di-struhk-ter]
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–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; < LL dēstructor, equiv. to L dēstruc- var. s. of dēstruere (see destruction ) + -tor -tor
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de·struc·tor   (dĭ-strŭk'tər)   
n.  

  1. An incinerator for refuse.

  2. An explosive, usually remote-controlled device for effecting a destruct.

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destructor 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)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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