debugged

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de⋅bug

[dee-buhg]

–verb (used with object), -bugged, -bug⋅ging. Informal.

1.	to detect and remove defects or errors from.

2.	to remove electronic bugs from (a room or building).

3.	Computers. to detect and remove errors from (a computer program).

4.	to rid (a garden, plant, etc.) of insect pests, as by the application of a pesticide.

Origin:
1940–45; de- + bug ¹

Related forms:

de⋅bug⋅ger, noun

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de·bug (dē-bŭg')

tr.v. de·bugged, de·bug·ging, de·bugs

To remove a hidden electronic device, such as a microphone, from: debug a conference room.
To make (a hidden microphone, for example) ineffective.
To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in: debug a spacecraft before launch; debug a computer program.
To remove insects from, as with a pesticide.

de·bug'ger n.

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