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10 Language-to-English DictionariesDestructor
/dɪˈstrʌk.tər/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A special member function in object-oriented programming that is executed automatically when an object is destroyed or goes out of scope.
"The destructor frees the memory that was dynamically allocated during the object's lifetime." - 2
Something or someone that destroys or causes ruin.
"Severe weather acts as a natural destructor of fragile coastal ecosystems."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin 'destructor', meaning a destroyer, originating from the verb 'destruere' (to pull down, demolish). In modern contexts, particularly programming, it has been adopted as a technical term for a function that destroys instances of classes.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Destructor" is said worldwide
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destructeur
Transliteration: dɛstʁyktœʁ
"Le destructeur libère la mémoire allouée à l'objet."
Destruktor
Transliteration: dɛstʁʊkˈtoːɐ̯
"Der Destruktor gibt den zugewiesenen Speicher frei."
distruttore
Transliteration: distrutˈtore
"Il distruttore libera la memoria allocata."
destructor
Transliteration: destruKˈtoɾ
"El destructor libera la memoria utilizada por el objeto."
destrutor
Transliteration: destɾuˈtoɾ
"O destrutor limpa os recursos alocados pelo objeto."
विनाशक
Transliteration: vinashak
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"विनाशक फ़ंक्शन ऑब्जेक्ट द्वारा उपयोग किए गए संसाधनों को मुक्त करता है।"
析构函数
Transliteration: xīgòu hánshù
Script: 中文汉字
"析构函数用于释放对象占用的内存。"
소멸자
Transliteration: somyeolja
Script: 한국어 한글
"소멸자는 객체가 소멸될 때 호출됩니다."
デストラクタ
Transliteration: desutorakuta
Script: 日本語
"デストラクタはオブジェクトが破棄されるときに呼び出されます。"
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