Antibug

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Serving to kill or repel bugs (insects). not-comparable

    "The vegetables when they started to grow in this plot seemed pretty sickly until one day a group of medical students doused them with antibug powder..."

  2. 2
    Serving to counteract bugs (surveillance devices). not-comparable

    "The infinity mike and the harmonica bug have the great advantage of being undetectable by an antibug detector."

Example

More examples

"The vegetables when they started to grow in this plot seemed pretty sickly until one day a group of medical students doused them with antibug powder..."

Etymology

From anti- + bug.

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