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Etymology

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From destruct +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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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.

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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin dēstrūctōrem.

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Adjective

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destructor (feminine destructora, masculine plural destructors, feminine plural destructores)

  1. destructive

Noun

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destructor m (plural destructors)

  1. destroyer (someone who destroys)
  2. (computing) destructor
  3. destroyer warship
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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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dēstrūctor m (genitive dēstrūctōris); third declension

  1. destroyer

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dēstrūctor dēstrūctōrēs
genitive dēstrūctōris dēstrūctōrum
dative dēstrūctōrī dēstrūctōribus
accusative dēstrūctōrem dēstrūctōrēs
ablative dēstrūctōre dēstrūctōribus
vocative dēstrūctor dēstrūctōrēs

Descendants

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References

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French destructeur.

Noun

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destructor m (plural destructori)

  1. destroyer

Declension

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Declension of destructor
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative destructor destructorul destructori destructorii
genitive-dative destructor destructorului destructori destructorilor
vocative destructorule destructorilor

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin dēstrūctor.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /destɾuɡˈtoɾ/ [d̪es.t̪ɾuɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧truc‧tor

Adjective

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

  1. destructive
  2. destroying

Noun

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

  1. destructor

Noun

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destructor m (plural destructores)

  1. destroyer (warship)

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