zombify
Americanverb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
- zombification noun
Etymology
Origin of zombify
First recorded in 1980–85
Example Sentences
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The team sequenced the parasite’s genome some time ago and has pinpointed a handful of proteins that it may use to zombify its victims.
From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2021
Everyone who studies the jewel wasp knows it stings the roach twice—once in the first thoracic ganglion to paralyze the front legs and once in the brain to zombify the roach.
From Scientific American • Feb. 16, 2021
It became necessary to zombify the ant, to make it do a few things it wouldn’t ordinarily do.
From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2019
Fungi that parasitize insects may also use neurotransmitter-mimicking chemicals to zombify their victims.
From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2018
It was George Romero's Night of the Living Dead in 1968 that set the modern movie template of a few intact survivors besieged by an undead throng eager to eat or zombify them.
From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2013
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