zombify

verb

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zom·bi·fy | \ ˈzäm-bə-ˌfī

zombified; zombifying

Definition of zombify

transitive verb

: to turn (an active alert person) into a zombie

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Recent Examples on the Web Even billionaires who are fond of speculating about runaway AI can sometimes seem indifferent to the possibility that the internet might zombify the entire human race. — Meghan O'gieblyn, Wired, 16 Sep. 2020 But there is still much, much to be learned, just as there is with other highly sophisticated mind-controllers like wasps that enslave cockroaches and fungi that zombify ants. — Matt Simon, WIRED, 30 May 2014

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