Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An incinerator for refuse.
- noun An explosive, usually remote-controlled device for effecting a destruct.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A destroyer; a consumer.
- noun Specifically, a furnace or crematory for the burning of refuse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A destroyer.
- noun (Sewage Disposal) A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of refuse.
- noun (Computers) in object-oriented programming, a function which destroys an object which was previously created by a different function.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
destructs . - noun programming In
object-oriented programming , the command sequence that is launched when the execution of anobject is finished.
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Examples
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They eat the stem, which thus becomes weak, and breaks; but are checked by another insect, called the destructor, otherwise whole crops of wheat would be annihilated.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 334, October 4, 1828 Various
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Best Week Ever - You know that scene in Ghostbusters when Gozer tells the guys to choose their "destructor" and then Venkman tells them to clear their minds but Ray accidentally thinks about the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and Gozer becomes a giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man?
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One note to take care of: I also always create an internal "destructor", and attach a
peter.michaux.ca 2008
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It intercepts the entersub opcode and uses the save stack for storage and to trigger a 'destructor' call to end the timing when the subroutine is exited by any means.
Planet Perl 2008
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One note to take care of: I also always create an internal "destructor", and attach a
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"destructor" mine design was so successful, that it is still in use, using more modern electronics, as the Mk 62 mine.
StrategyPage.com 2009
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"destructor" mine design was so successful, that it is still in use, using more modern electronics, as the Mk 62 mine.
StrategyPage.com 2009
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We've discovered that another hive is afflicted with a parasitic mite with the terrifying name Varroa destructor Next week we plan to treat them with formic acid, an organic chemical control.
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We've discovered that another hive is afflicted with a parasitic mite with the terrifying name Varroa destructor Next week we plan to treat them with formic acid, an organic chemical control.
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I CANNOT BELIEVE obama's people keep attacking clinton, accusing her of being a racist, of being a destructor etc etc. they've got their nomination, they got what they wanted. are they trying to make us vote for mccain?!?!?!? it is UNBELIEVABLE. clinton isnt dividing the democrats. its the obama people insulting clinton, our gal. and in case you hadnt noticed, we dont forget those who mess with the clintons.
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