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Return the memory at the specified address to the associated allocator&period;

== Synopsis

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

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void
deallocate(void* address);
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== Description

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

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *address*
| memory previously allocated by this object
|===


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