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Destroy the specified `instance` and release its memory.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlma_deleter.h>`

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virtual
void
deleteObject(TYPE* instance) = 0;
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== Description

Destroy the specified `instance` based on its static type and return its memory footprint to the appropriate memory manager. Note that a particular implementation is allowed to destroy this deleter itself.

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *instance*
| object to destroy
|===


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