zombie
IPA: zˈɑmbi
noun
- (voodoo, horror) A person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his or her own.
- (figuratively) An apathetic or slow-witted person.
- (figuratively) A human being in a state of extreme mental exhaustion.
- An information worker who has signed a nondisclosure agreement.
- (computing) A process or task which has terminated but has not been removed from the list of processes, typically because it has an unresponsive parent process.
- (computing) A computer affected by malware which causes it to do whatever the attacker wants it to do without the user's knowledge.
- A cocktail of rum and fruit juices.
- (Canada, historical, derogatory) A conscripted member of the Canadian military during World War II who was assigned to home defence rather than to combat in Europe.
- (Australia, slang) Marijuana, or similar drugs.
- (philosophy) A hypothetical being that is indistinguishable from a normal human being except in that it lacks conscious experience, qualia, or sentience.
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Examples of "zombie" in Sentences
- The zombies crave flesh, for the most part.
- Undirected, the zombies topple off the cliff.
- Zombies are encountered in the Spooky chapter.
- Garrison promptly shoots the zombie in the head.
- The truth is that a zombie is not lack in sentience.
- He muses over the validity of the zombie's statement.
- The zombies entered the building and ripped the blanket.
- All of the zombie movies change and rearrange the rules.
- The zombies hack at the doors of the house with the tools.
- Observe the zombies as they totter in, drooling and muttering.
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