"destruct" meaning in English

See destruct in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈstɹʌkt/ Audio: en-us-destruct.ogg Forms: destructs [present, singular, third-person], destructing [participle, present], destructed [participle, past], destructed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌkt Etymology: Back-formation from destruction. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*strew-}}, {{back-form|en|destruction}} Back-formation from destruction Head templates: {{en-verb}} destruct (third-person singular simple present destructs, present participle destructing, simple past and past participle destructed)
  1. (transitive, nonstandard) To intentionally cause the destruction of. Tags: nonstandard, transitive Synonyms: destroy Translations (to cause the destruction of): разруша́вам (razrušávam) (Bulgarian), vernietigen (Dutch), slopen (Dutch), tuhota (Finnish), zerstören (German), distruggere (Italian), distruge (Romanian), разруша́ть (razrušátʹ) (Russian), förstöra (Swedish), yıkmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-destruct-en-verb-uzk~bY01 Disambiguation of 'to cause the destruction of': 96 2 2
  2. (transitive, programming) To invoke the destructor of. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-destruct-en-verb-bPURl2xQ Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 33 46 21 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 53 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 51 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 53 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 70 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 59 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 29 52 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 59 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 57 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 23 62 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 8 85 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 23 59 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 23 62 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 21 61 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 21 61 18 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  3. (intransitive) To self-destruct. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-destruct-en-verb-B4L5~Aa7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autodestruct, destructedness, destructible

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) To self-destruct."
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        "(intransitive) To self-destruct."
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      "word": "distruggere"
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      "word": "förstöra"
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      "sense": "to cause the destruction of",
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