garbage collect
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[edit]garbage collect (third-person singular simple present garbage collects, present participle garbage collecting, simple past and past participle garbage collected)
- (programming) To reclaim resources which are no longer in use; to run a garbage collector.
- (programming, transitive) To destroy (an object that is no longer in use) during the process of garbage collection
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[edit]to reclaim resources no longer in use
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