Deallocate
//diːˈæləkeɪt//
"Deallocate" in a Sentence (3 examples)
Empty out your locker; it will be deallocated at the end of the day.
Computer programs should deallocate memory they no longer need, releasing it back to the system.
Similarly, the program deallocates storage for automatic objects when the procedure returns to its caller.
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