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debug
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb debug has 1 sense
- debug(v = verb.change) Array - locate and correct errors in a computer program code; "debug this program" is one way to correct, rectify, right
Derived form noun debugger1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
debug, v.tr. (debugged, debugging)
1 colloq. trace and remove concealed listening devices from (a room etc.).
2 colloq. identify and remove defects from (a machine, computer program, etc.).
3 remove bugs from.
1 colloq. trace and remove concealed listening devices from (a room etc.).
2 colloq. identify and remove defects from (a machine, computer program, etc.).
3 remove bugs from.
THESAURUS
debug
answer, bottom, clear up, crack, decipher, decode, disentangle, divine, do, dope, dope out, explain, fathom, figure out, find out, find the answer, find the solution, get, get right, guess, guess right, have it, hit it, interpret, make out, open the lock, plumb, psych, psych out, puzzle out, ravel, ravel out, resolve, riddle, solve, sort out, undo, unlock, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, untangle, untwist, unweave, work, work out
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