DEBUGGED Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

debugged

verb

past tense of debug

as in amended

to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from the computer program ran much faster after it was debugged

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Recent Examples of debugged Systems can be debugged, patched, reconfigured, and tuned relatively easily. — Amit Chaturvedy, Fortune, 8 July 2026 So the researchers debugged the genome by hand. — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026

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In October 2025, Guatemala’s Congress amended several laws to designate the Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha gangs as transnational criminal and terrorist organizations.

— Almudena Calatrava, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
The original proposal included employers of all sizes, but the Board of Health amended the policy to exempt small businesses.

— Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

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Running complicated algorithms on quantum computing hardware is going to require the use of logical qubits, where collections of hardware qubits are linked together in ways that allow errors to be detected and corrected.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
The neighborhood group argued that the driveway should be moved or otherwise corrected before approval.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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So in 1981 and ’82, the new Reagan administration completely rewrote the antitrust guidelines, the federal guidelines that instruct federal judges and prosecutors, state attorneys generals, everybody.

— John E. McDonough, STAT, 16 Oct. 2026
The script book reveals the original coming out scene between Shane and Yuna, which Tierney rewrote on set.

— Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026

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But in more recent years, as state and national politics grew consumed by concerns over the cost of living, California Democrats have divided over whether and how much CEQA must be reformed.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026
The entire Western defense ecosystem must be reformed from the ground up to avoid this fate and ensure it is structured for full-spectrum warfare.

— Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026

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