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zombie

noun
  1. a cocktail made up of several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur
    “After one too many zombies at the tiki bar, I stumbled home.”
  2. someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
    “The workforce was a group of zombies.”
    automaton
  3. a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
    “Some of my favourite horror films contain zombies.”
    living dead
  4. a god of voodoo cults of African origin, worshipped especially in the West Indies
    “Even though I grew up in the Caribbean, I didn't worship the zombie.”
    snake god
  5. in voodooism, a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body
    “The spell was cast – the zombie would enter the body of the dead relative.”