destructor (plural destructors)
One who destructs.
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.
• retroducts
Source: Wiktionary
De*struc"tor, n. Etym: [L., from destruere. See Destroy, and cf. Destroyer.]
Definition: A destroyer. [R.] Fire, the destructive and the artificial death of things. Boyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
