zombifies

Verb

zombify (third-person singular simple present zombifies, present participle zombifying, simple past and past participle zombified)

1. (transitive) 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. (transitive) To take control of (a computer) in order to use it covertly and illicitly.
   • These trojans can zombify your machine.
3. (idiomatic, transitive) 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