Destructor
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Destructor is a noun meaning One who destructs.
Meaning
One who destructs.
More Meanings
- A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of refuse.
- (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
- destructors
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include demolisher, devastator, disintegrator, dismantler, annihilator, deformer.
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