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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Destructor \De*struct"or\, n. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Destructor \De*struc"tor\, n. [L., from destruere See {Destroy}, and cf {Destroyer}.] A destroyer. [R.] Fire, the destructor and the artificial death of things --Boyle. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: destructorA {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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