English

Noun

destructor ‎(plural destructors)

1. One who destructs.
2. A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of refuse.
3. (object-oriented programming) A function that runs when an object is no longer required, used to release any resources that it was using.

See also

• finalizer

Translations

Catalan

Noun

destructor m ‎(plural destructors)

1. destructor (someone who destructs).
2. destructor (function in computing).
3. destroyer warship.

Related terms

• destruir

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːsˈtruk.tor/, [deːsˈtrʊk.tɔr]

Noun

dēstructor m ‎(genitive dēstructōris); third declension

1. destroyer

Inflection

Third declension.

References

• destructor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “destructor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Spanish

Adjective

destructor m ‎(feminine singular destructora, masculine plural destructores, feminine plural destructoras)

1. destructive
2. destroying

Noun

destructor m ‎(plural destructores, feminine destructora)

1. destructor
2. destroyer (warship)

Related terms

• destruir