De·struc·tor n.
1. A destroyer. [R.]
Fire, the destructor and the artificial death of things. --Boyle.
2. 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.
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