zombify
verb
zom·bi·fy
ˈzäm-bə-ˌfī 
zombified; zombifying
: to turn (an active alert person) into a zombie
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Gal and Libersat could only zombify the cockroaches with a shot to the SEG, however.
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Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2010
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
Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2010
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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“Zombify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zombify. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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