Destructor

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A Destroyer.

II. Destructor ·add. ·noun A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of Refuse.

III. Destructor ·add. ·noun 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.

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