[terminate]

# 17 Language support library [[support]](./#support)

## 17.9 Exception handling [[support.exception]](support.exception#terminate)

### 17.9.5 Abnormal termination [[exception.terminate]](exception.terminate#terminate)

#### 17.9.5.4 terminate [terminate]

[🔗](#lib:terminate)

`[[noreturn]] void terminate() noexcept;
`

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[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/support.tex#L4075)

*Effects*: Calls a terminate_handler function[.](#1.sentence-1)

It is unspecified whichterminate_handler function will be called if an exception is active
during a call to set_terminate[.](#1.sentence-2)

Otherwise calls the current terminate_handler function[.](#1.sentence-3)

[*Note [1](#note-1)*:

A
default terminate_handler is always considered a callable handler in
this context[.](#1.sentence-4)

— *end note*]

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[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/support.tex#L4087)

*Remarks*: Called by the implementation when exception
handling must be abandoned for any of several reasons ([[except.terminate]](except.terminate "14.6.2 The std​::​terminate function"))[.](#2.sentence-1)

May also be called directly by the program[.](#2.sentence-2)