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Destructor   Listen
noun
Destructor  n.  
1.
A destroyer. (R.) "Fire, the destructor and the artificial death of things."
2.
A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of refuse; specif. (Sewage Disposal), A furnace (called in full refuse destructor) in which the more solid constituents of sewage are burnt. Destructors are often so constructed as to utilize refuse as fuel.
3.
(Computers) In object-oriented programming, a function which destroys an object which was previously created by a different function.





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"Destructor" Quotes from Famous Books



... brother. Some day you shall help to build. You suppose that I am a terrorist, now—a destructor of what is, But consider that the true destroyers are they who destroy the spirit of progress and truth, not the avengers who merely kill the bodies of the persecutors of human dignity. Men like me are necessary to make room for self-contained, thinking men like you. Well, we ...
— Under Western Eyes • Joseph Conrad
... must be, and he learns easily and willingly. We are sure now that he will be ready for pre-space school two years before he reaches the minimum age. Yet, whenever this boy is asked what he wants to do, he replies, 'I want to be a Destructor.'" ...
— When I Grow Up • Richard E. Lowe


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