debug
verb
de·bug
(ˌ)dē-ˈbəg 
debugged; debugging; debugs
1
: to remove insects from
2
: to eliminate errors in or malfunctions of
debug a computer program
3
: to remove a concealed microphone or wiretapping device from
debugger
noun
Examples of debug in a Sentence
She's been hired to write and debug computer programs.
the computer program ran much faster after it was debugged
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Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 9 Oct. 2025
When new features are developed at AI velocity, those service contracts can break, and debugging the resulting failures often falls on operations.
—Ronak Desai, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Other firms including Alphabet Inc.’s Google are also building tools to help programmers streamline the process of writing and debugging code.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2025
Today developers are positioning agents as a more advanced form of chatbot, capable of autonomously making decisions and completing routine tasks, such as navigating a Web browser or debugging computer code.
—Webb Wright, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Debug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debug. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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debug
verb
de·bug
(ˈ)dē-ˈbəg
: to remove mistakes from
debug a computer program
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