Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
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.
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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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