destructor

== Translingual == === Adjective === destructor (taxonomy) A taxonomic descriptor, a specific epithet, for naming species that are destructive in some manner. ==== Derived terms ==== == English == === Etymology === From destruct + -or. === Pronunciation === === Noun === destructor (plural destructors) One who destructs. A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of refuse. (object-oriented programming) A function that runs when an object is no longer required, used to release any resources that it was using. Antonym: constructor Coordinate term: finalizer ==== Descendants ==== Translingual: destructor ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === retroducts == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin dēstrūctōrem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [dəs.tɾukˈtu] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [dəs.tɾukˈto] IPA(key): (Valencia) [des.tɾukˈtoɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [des.tɾukˈto] Rhymes: -o(ɾ) === Adjective === destructor (feminine destructora, masculine plural destructors, feminine plural destructores) destructive === Noun === destructor m (plural destructors) destroyer (someone who destroys) (computing) destructor (military, nautical) destroyer, a tyoe of warship ==== Related terms ==== destruir === Further reading === “destructor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “destructor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “destructor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “destructor”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːsˈtruːk.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [desˈtruk.tor] === Noun === dēstrūctor m (genitive dēstrūctōris); third declension destroyer ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “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 == === Etymology === Borrowed from French destructeur. === Noun === destructor m (plural destructori, feminine equivalent destructoare) destroyer ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin dēstrūctor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /destɾuɡˈtoɾ/ [d̪es.t̪ɾuɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: des‧truc‧tor === Adjective === destructor (feminine destructora, masculine plural destructores, feminine plural destructoras) destructive destroying === Noun === destructor m (plural destructores, feminine destructora, feminine plural destructoras) destructor === Noun === destructor m (plural destructores) (military, nautical) destroyer (warship) ==== Hypernyms ==== buque de guerra ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “destructor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025