In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
DESTRUCTOR
Etymology
Noun
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.
Anagrams
• 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
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