Destructor

noun

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

Etymology

From destruct + -or.

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