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verb

debug

locate and correct errors in a computer program code

In a sentence

Six example sentences with debug, each labelled with its topic.

  • She spent the afternoon trying to debug a login loop that only appeared on phones older than seven years.

    Technology

  • Modders debug their maps by walking every corridor twice, since one missing wall can drop a player forever.

    Gaming

  • Two engineers stayed until midnight to debug the checkout flow before the launch discount went live at dawn.

    Startups

  • The lab's analysis script produced negative masses until a postdoc spent a weekend debugging the unit conversion.

    Science

  • The trading desk had to debug its pricing model after it quoted a bond at ten times its true value.

    Finance

  • She wrote code to trigger each drum sample, then had to debug why the snare fired twice per bar.

    Music

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