zombify

present singular third person zombifies · participle present zombifying · participle past zombified · past zombified · alternative zombiefy

1. transitivefictionTo 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. transitivecomputingTo take control of (a computer) in order to use it covertly and illicitly.

   These trojans can zombify your machine.

3. idiomatictransitiveTo 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