diff --git a/include/collections/HashMap.h b/include/collections/HashMap.h
index 02f4855..4cb4bb8 100755
--- a/include/collections/HashMap.h
+++ b/include/collections/HashMap.h
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ typedef struct HashMap {
     u16 height_n;
 } HashMap;
 
-void HashMap_alloc(HashMap* ptr, u32 value_t_size, FreeFunction NULLABLE(value_destructor));
-void HashMap_free(HashMap* ptr);
+void HashMap_create(HashMap* ptr, u32 value_t_size, FreeFunction NULLABLE(value_destructor));
+void HashMap_destroy(HashMap* ptr);
 void* NULLABLE(HashMap_tryGetPtr)(HashMap* ptr, str key);
 bool HashMap_tryPush(HashMap* ptr, str key, void* value_ptr);
 bool HashMap_tryDelete(HashMap* ptr, str key);
diff --git a/include/string/StringBuilder.h b/include/string/StringBuilder.h
index f9c165f..a3596b7 100755
--- a/include/string/StringBuilder.h
+++ b/include/string/StringBuilder.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ typedef struct StringBuilder {
 static inline StringBuilder StringBuilder_alloc(u32 initial_size) { 
     return (StringBuilder){ .buffer = List_alloc_size(initial_size) }; 
 }
-void StringBuilder_free(StringBuilder* b);
+void StringBuilder_destroy(StringBuilder* b);
 
 /// @param count set to -1 to clear StringBuilder
 void StringBuilder_removeFromEnd(StringBuilder* b, u32 count);
diff --git a/src/collections/HashMap.c b/src/collections/HashMap.c
index 1a50cc7..b28eee7 100755
--- a/src/collections/HashMap.c
+++ b/src/collections/HashMap.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ static const Array __HashMap_heights = ARRAY(u32, {
     8388617, 16777213, 33554467, 67108859, 134217757, 268435493
 });
 
-void HashMap_alloc(HashMap* ptr, u32 value_t_size, FreeFunction NULLABLE(value_destructor)){
+void HashMap_create(HashMap* ptr, u32 value_t_size, FreeFunction NULLABLE(value_destructor)){
     ptr->value_t_size = value_t_size;
     ptr->value_destructor = value_destructor;
     ptr->height_n = 0;
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ void HashMap_alloc(HashMap* ptr, u32 value_t_size, FreeFunction NULLABLE(value_d
     memset(ptr->table, 0, alloc_size);
 }
 
-void HashMap_free(HashMap* ptr){
+void HashMap_destroy(HashMap* ptr){
     for(u32 i = 0; i < ptr->height; i++){
         HashMapBucket* bu = &ptr->table[i];
         u32 len = List_len(&bu->key_hash_list, KeyHash);
diff --git a/src/string/StringBuilder.c b/src/string/StringBuilder.c
index 07592ea..9130e24 100755
--- a/src/string/StringBuilder.c
+++ b/src/string/StringBuilder.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include "string/StringBuilder.h"
 
-void StringBuilder_free(StringBuilder* b){
+void StringBuilder_destroy(StringBuilder* b){
     free(b->buffer.data);
     b->buffer = List_construct_size(NULL, 0, 0);
 }