"destructor" meaning in English

See destructor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-destructor.wav Forms: destructors [plural]
Etymology: From destruct + -or. Etymology templates: {{af|en|destruct|-or}} destruct + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} destructor (plural destructors)
  1. One who destructs. Translations (cleaning-up commands in object oriented programming): 析構函數 /析构函数 (xīgòu hánshù) (Chinese Mandarin), destruktor [masculine] (Czech), destruktori (Finnish), hajotin (Finnish), purkaja (Finnish), destructeur [masculine] (French), Destruktor [masculine] (German), デストラクタ (desutorakuta) (Japanese), 消去子 (shōkyoshi) (alt: しょうきょし) [rare] (Japanese), destruktor [masculine] (Polish), destrutor [masculine] (Portuguese), дестру́ктор (destrúktor) [masculine] (Russian), destructor [masculine] (Spanish), hàm huỷ (Vietnamese) Translations (one who destructs): 破壞者 /破坏者 (pòhuàizhe) (Chinese Mandarin), purkaja (Finnish), destructeur [masculine] (French), Zerstörer [masculine] (German), destruidor (Portuguese), разруши́тель (razrušítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), разруши́тельница (razrušítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian)
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  2. A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of refuse.
    Sense id: en-destructor-en-noun-YonwSJMw
  3. (object-oriented programming) A function that runs when an object is no longer required, used to release any resources that it was using. Categories (topical): Object-oriented programming
    Sense id: en-destructor-en-noun-k2HxyslG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: finalizer

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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