Deleting objects from the stage

Hi all,
I've got some items on my stage that I'm removing with
RemoveChild(). The items no longer show, however, as stated in
LiveDocs, the item is not actually destroyed. This means any
bindings/listeners created by that object are still in existence
and are creating errors (Specifically, I'm getting "The supplied
DisplayObject must be a child of the
caller").
LiveDocs mentions that if I want to actually delete an object
from the stage entirely, I should use the "delete operator", but
for the life of me, I can not find any documentation on the
existence of such an operator. Any advice would be much
appreciated.
-Hob

It IS ridiculously hard to find. Searcing Live Docs for
delete oprator will turn up a slew of hits, but which is the right
one?
This is from old docs, but it is still valid:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/8/main/00001865.html
Tracy

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> Thanks Luigi - that helps a lot.
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