"antibug" meaning in English

See antibug in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From anti- + bug. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|bug}} anti- + bug Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} antibug (not comparable)
  1. Serving to kill or repel bugs (insects). Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-antibug-en-adj-yv7A6ohZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with anti-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53
  2. Serving to counteract bugs (surveillance devices). Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-antibug-en-adj-FzHINN~R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with anti-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53
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          "ref": "1961, Felix Greene, Awakened China: the country Americans don't know:",
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          "ref": "1975, Alan LeMond, Ron Fry, No place to hide:",
          "text": "The infinity mike and the harmonica bug have the great advantage of being undetectable by an antibug detector.",
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          "ref": "1991, John C Klotter, Jacqueline R Kanovitz, Constitutional Law, 1992 Supplement:",
          "text": "Also, bugs are subject to malfunction and discovery, especially as sophisticated antibug devices have been developed.",
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          "text": "Breaking antibug commercial phones was no problem for the intercepting devices of the government.",
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