Hypertext Webster Gateway: "destructor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Destructor \De*struct"or\, n.
A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of refuse;
specif. (Sewage Disposal), a furnace (called in full
{refuse destructor}) in which the more solid constituents of
sewage are burnt. Destructors are often so constructed as
to utilize refuse as fuel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Destructor \De*struc"tor\, n. [L., from destruere. See
{Destroy}, and cf. {Destroyer}.]
A destroyer. [R.]
Fire, the destructor and the artificial death of
things. --Boyle.
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