zombify
Turn into undead
To zombify is to turn someone or something into a zombie—either literally in horror fiction or figuratively to render them passive, unthinking, or mechanically obedient.
Television supposedly zombifies children.
Overwork zombifies employees.
The drug zombified him completely.
The noun is zombification.
Restoration of life
- corpseDeceased human body
- shamblingAwkward, unsteady walking
- braindeadWithout cerebral function
- flesh-eatingConsuming animal tissue
horde · risen · necromancy · revenant · ghoul · soulless · graveyard · crypt
Induce altered consciousness
- mesmerizeCapture attention completely
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- suggestibleEasily influenced by others
- droneUnmanned flying machine
automaton · puppet · mindless · brainwash · manipulate · control · enslaved · programmed
Sudden eruption of trouble
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- collapseSudden structural failure
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- wastelandUninhabitable barren region
bunker · scavenging · barricade · aftermath · endtimes · doomsday · extinction · overrun
Change in form or faith
- turnRotational movement
- reanimateRestore to life
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
transformation · change · alter · infect · spread · transmit · corrupt · dehumanize
Causing horror and disgust
- terrifyingEvoking extreme fear
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
- nightmarishFrightening like bad dreams
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
creepy · eerie · ghoulish · monstrous · grotesque · bloodcurdling · chilling · spine-tingling
reanimation
Restoration of life
flesh-eating · horde · risen · necromancy · revenant · ghoul · soulless · graveyard · crypt · tomb
hypnotize
Induce altered consciousness
- mesmerizeCapture attention completely
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- suggestibleEasily influenced by others
drone · automaton · puppet · mindless · brainwash · manipulate · control · enslaved · programmed · obedient
outbreak
Sudden eruption of trouble
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- collapseSudden structural failure
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
wasteland · bunker · scavenging · barricade · aftermath · endtimes · doomsday · extinction · overrun · quarantine
convert
Change in form or faith
- turnRotational movement
- reanimateRestore to life
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
mutation · transformation · change · alter · infect · spread · transmit · corrupt · dehumanize · possess
gruesome
Causing horror and disgust
- terrifyingEvoking extreme fear
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
- nightmarishFrightening like bad dreams
dread · creepy · eerie · ghoulish · monstrous · grotesque · bloodcurdling · chilling · spine-tingling · frightening
Romero
Spanish surname, "pilgrim"
- thrillerSuspense-driven narrative genre
- videogamesElectronic interactive entertainment
- cosplayDressing as media characters
conventions · memes · parody · tropes · franchise · fanbase · streaming · viral
zombifyresurrect
Restore after ending
revive · bring back to life · vivify · revitalize · quicken
- zombie apocalypseMass reanimation ending society
- zombie movieHorror about the risen dead
- zombie hordeCrowd of walking corpses
- zombie outbreakMass reanimation of corpses
- zombie costumeOutfit mimicking the undead
- zombie biteUndead's infectious attack
zombie, zombified, zombification, zombifies, zombifying, zombiefied