zombify
verbUK /ˈzɒmbɪˌfaɪ/ · US /ˈzɑmbɪˌfaɪ/
Etymology From zombie + -fy.
1
Fiction, Literature, Media, Publishing To turn into a zombie (a member of the living dead or undead).
- She managed to flee the sorcerer who had attempted to zombify her and enjoyed relative prosperity in Jamaica.1994, A History of Literature in the Caribbean: Hispanic and Francophone Regions, Arnold, et al:
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To take control of (a computer) in order to use it covertly and illicitly.
- These trojans can zombify your machine.
3
Idiomatic To deprive of authenticity or vitality; to render someone brainless or unthinking.
- Zombified by the lies they said, we’ve become the walking dead.2022, “Zombified”, in Neon Zombie, performed by Falling in Reverse:
- Derived terms
- dezombify, zombification
- Hypernyms
- monsterize