zombifyhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zombify_v%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezombify, v.
First published 2005

zombifyverb

  1. 1950–
    transitive. To transform into a zombie. Chiefly in extended use: to make easy to control; to stupefy; to deprive of energy or vitality (cf. zombie n. I.3a).
    1. 1950
      Men can be zombified or killed.
      New York Times 13 September 26/7
    2. 1983
      Moms are giving no quarter, frantic that their teens will be permanently zombified and grow up to act like David Hartman.
      Washington Post (Nexis) 6 February 37
    3. 1990
      A fine cast is zombified under..[his] drab direction.
      Time (Nexis) 16 April 12
    4. 1998
      One..had been officially classified a zombie by the Haitian High Court (an alleged sorcerer was convicted of zombifying him).
      Guardian 14 October ii. 17/1
    5. 2003
      The aftermath of a meteorite shower zombifies most of the community.
      Fangoria October 43/2

zombify, v. was first published in June 2005.

zombify, v. was last modified in July 2023.