debugverb [ T ]
uk/ˌdiːˈbʌɡ/us/ˌdiːˈbʌɡ/-gg-debug verb [ T ] (REMOVE MISTAKES)
to remove bugs (= mistakes) from a computer program:
to debug a program
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Computer programming & software
- abandonware
- ad-blocker
- ad-blocking
- adware
- alpha
- analytics
- CD-RW
- compile
- killer app
- lisp
- LMS
- low-level language
- macro
- mashup
- patch
- procedure
- shortcut
- systems analyst
- virtual memory
- worm
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debug verb [ T ] (REMOVE DEVICES)
to look for and remove bugs (= hidden listening or recording devices) from a place:
Security officers had debugged the room before the meeting.
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Taking things away from someone or somewhere
- appropriate
- confiscate
- cream sth/sb off
- de-
- denude
- drain
- impound
- infringe on/upon sth
- knock
- knock sth out of sb
- nab
- relieve
- shear
- shelf
- strip sb of sth
- suck
- suck sb/sth dry idiom
- sweep
- take sth out
- tow
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International relations: spying and espionage