ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Destructor

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Destructor is a noun meaning One who destructs.

Meaning

One who destructs.

More Meanings

  1. A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of refuse.
  2. (object-oriented programming) A function that runs when an object is no longer required, used to release any resources that it was using.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include demolisher, devastator, disintegrator, dismantler, annihilator, deformer.

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