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Return the memory block at the specified `address` to this allocator&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdlma&lowbar;aligningallocator&period;h&gt;`

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virtual
void
deallocate(void* address) override;
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== Description

Return the memory block at the specified `address` back to this allocator&period; If `address` is 0, this function has no effect&period; The behavior is undefined unless `address` was allocated using this allocator object and has not already been deallocated&period;

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *address*
| memory block previously allocated by this allocator
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