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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for debugged
  1. amended
  2. corrected
  3. rewrote
  4. reformed
  5. rectified
Verb
  • Subsequent constitutional changes in 1990 amended the accession rules to allow for the eldest child, regardless of gender, to accede to the throne.
    — James Frater, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The case against the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback was amended Thursday to add citations for possessing open intoxicants in a motor vehicle, unsafe passing on the right and first-offense operating while intoxicated.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of amended
Verb
  • Only if the issue is not corrected within that timeframe will the organization be administratively dissolved.
    — Megan De Mar, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Only factual errors can be corrected, not subjective decisions.
    — Graham Scott, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of corrected
Verb
  • But Liu and Glorioso rewrote the equations in a more accessible way in 2018, and the calculations started to trickle out.
    — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Kansas City Royals star Salvador Perez rewrote the club record books with his 318th career home run on Saturday.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
Definition of rewrote
Verb
  • Sixteen years after the band’s breakup, Liam and Noel Gallagher had finally reformed.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The bill’s supporters argued that these raises, concurrent with hikes in student tuition and inadequate pay for staff, revealed the CSU system’s misplaced priorities that needed to be reformed.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of reformed
Verb
  • To her credit, Reynolds swiftly rectified that, bingeing the first three seasons to get herself up to speed.
    — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
  • If after 60 days the problem is not rectified, the people can sue.
    — Sarah J. Morath, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of rectified

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“Debugged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debugged. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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