zombie
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- noun
- /ˈzɑm.bi/
- Literature
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zombi
- After the spell was cast, he returned from the dead as a mindless zombie, seeking revenge.
- a zombie film
- a zombie outbreak
- zombie fiction
No, they're zombies, Joey, but they're shaped like people.
- No, they're zombies, Joey, but they're shaped like people.
- It's just going to be some faint sound effects of zombies outside.
- So we watched like a terrible zombie movie.
- Like, you know, it's like Halloween zombies, right?
- So how it works is if a zombie germ touches you, you become a zombie.
- And there's another Korean zombie movie called Hashtag Alive that I liked as well.
- And for example, how do you get giant stacks of zombie carcasses to lay around a castle?
- He's he's he's I think he's turning him into a zombie.
- Who would survive longer in an urban area zombie apocalypse?
Examples
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It's OK if we were in a zombie apocalypse.
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But the context of what you're seeing is a zombie apocalypse.
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The star of that new zombie movie.
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That hospital turned you into a zombie, Ken.
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What strategy would I have for the zombie apocalypse?
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And is a zombie apocalypse possible?
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She turned into a zombie.
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In these films, the spread of a zombie virus is inevitable, and a pandemic is ultimately unavoidable.
Academic text (2012) -
The book flew off the shelves to become the most successful zombie-themed fiction to that point.
Academic text (2010) -
That's just kind of like today our topic is the zombie apocalypse.
Synonyms
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7.6
A creature that died but comes back to life like a zombie or vampire
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9.1
A dead person in stories who comes back to life and moves around
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8.6
A dead body that comes back to life like a zombie
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A person or spirit who returns from the dead to visit the living
A dead body brought back to life by magic that walks and attacks people
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
A person who looks at their phone and ignores people and things around them
- Offensive
A person who looks at their phone and ignores their surroundings while walking
Surface Forms
Etymology
Zombie comes from Caribbean and African words such as zombi, which meant a 'spirit' or a person brought back to life in Voodoo stories. So a zombie in stories is a dead body that moves again because of magic.