Debug

English

Verb

Debug (third-person singular simple present Debugs, present participle debugging, simple past and past participle debugged)

1. To remove a hidden electronic surveillance device from somewhere
2. (computer science) To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery
3. (US) To remove insects from somewhere

Synonyms

• diagnose
• troubleshoot

Derived terms

• debugger

Thesaurus

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

Translations

to remove a hidden electronic surveillance device from somewhere

Chinese: Mandarin: 调试 (zh)

Finnish: poistaa salakuuntelulaitteet

to search for, and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something

Czech: ladit (cs) Finnish: etsiä ja poistaa virheet, debugata (colloquial), testata French: déboguer (fr)

Icelandic: Template:Qualfier kemba (is), (to delouse) kemba (is) Spanish: depurar (es)

to remove insects from somewhere

French: désinsectiser (fr)

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French: déboguer

Anagrams

• budge