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  1. adj. Similar to a zombie, having the appearance or character of a zombie.

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  • “Suspect told cops he was "zombielike," paper says Bronx teen allegedly in a zombie-like trance stabbed his two younger brothers and sister yesterday - and was prevented from murdering them by a Good Samaritan, authorities said.”

    NBC New York - Top Stories

  • “In São Paulo, Brazil's biggest city, what to do about the hundreds of zombielike addicts who by night wander a downtown no man's land known as Cracolândia, or Crackland, has become a key issue for local elections this year.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Brazil's Emerging Market: Crack

  • “The maggot that hatches inside the ant eats away at the brain, and the ant starts exhibiting what some might say is zombielike behavior.”

    I Wonder if there are Economist flies?

  • “In one striking section, Brewer sang an entire telegram -- numerals, punctuation and all -- in a zombielike monotone.”

    The Washington Post: In performance: Christine Brewer

  • “She had even missed her laconic, zombielike students.”

    Simon & Schuster: Winter Bloom

  • “The minute VIPER had control of the stone, Tzader would have to convince Sen to ask the stone for help with containing the Kujoo, Tristan and the zombielike beings the Nightstalkers had been changed into.”

    Simon & Schuster: Blood Trinity

  • “She struggled to follow the footprints as they disappeared, one after another, beneath the zombielike shuffle of her sluggish walk.”

    Simon & Schuster: Red Hats

  • “• Maniacal, zombielike “religious police,” such as those in Saudi Arabia who on March 11, 2002, allowed fifteen young girls to die horrible deaths when a fire broke out in their school in Mecca.”

    Simon & Schuster: HOW EVIL WORKS

  • “The Janet bustling around the kitchen was oddly directed, almost zombielike, but not distracted.”

    Simon & Schuster: NEVER WAVE GOODBYE

  • “On autopilot now, Brooke and her fellow riders each pulled their cell phones from their purses and jacket pockets, filed silently into a straight line and, zombielike, marched like choreographed soldiers up the right side of the cement stairs while staring blankly at the tiny screens in their palms.”

    Simon & Schuster: Last Night at Chateau Marmont

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