zombify

[zom-buh-fahy]

verb (used with object)

zombified, zombifying 

1. to turn (someone) into a zombie.

Other Word Forms

• zombification noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of zombify¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

In recognition of the need for novel scares, the TV series offers a little tentacled eyeball monster, shaped and smart like an octopus, that zombifies its hosts.

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He says the antipsychotics and antidepressants make him feel "zombified" and his memories are clouded.

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This was the ’90s, and many patients seemed “zombified,” she said.

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"When I first came out of hospital the medications were so strong I was zombified - I had no energy at all," he said.

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Even the most zombified Republican politician will eventually come to realize the party needs to move on.

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