Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

destructure

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-struc-ture
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to destroy the structure of something

verb

verb

to unpack data from one variable into their own variables.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English structure English destructure From de- + structure.

Inflected Forms

destructures (present, singular) destructuring (participle, present) destructured (participle, past) destructured (past)

Questions

What does destructure mean?: to destroy the structure of something
Where does destructure come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English structure English destructure From de- + structure.

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