zombified
- adjective
- /ˈzɑːmbɪfaɪd/
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zombificado
- The hacker managed to control a network of zombified computers, using them to launch attacks on various websites.
Examples
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After the cyberattack, many of the company's devices became zombified, allowing the intruders to access sensitive data remotely.
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Security experts were alarmed to discover that thousands of zombified smart appliances were sending out spam emails.
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In the series, one of the characters in the second season, Hershel, chooses to quarantine his infected, zombified wife in the barn (rather than stab her in the brain) stating that
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Synonyms
On a computer, having harmful software like viruses that can damage files or systems
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
zombified = zombify (semi-transparent) = zombie + ify + ed
Formed by a regular adjectival/past-participial suffix '-ed' attached to the verb 'zombify', a straightforward derivation.
Etymology
The word zombified comes from zombie, a word for a lifeless person controlled by others, and the ending -fied, which means 'made' or 'turned into'. So a 'zombified' device is one that has been taken over and is controlled by someone else, like a 'zombie' computer used to send spam.