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dronify en · VERB

Etymology

From drone + -ify.

Meanings

1. To turn something (such as an aircraft) into a drone by removing the crew and controlling it remotely.
2. To convert a task, industry, or process so that it relies on the use of drones (unmanned aerial vehicles).
   • The race to automate and "dronify" weapons systems is accelerating with the progress made in robotics, mechatronics, optoelectronics and artificial intelligence. 2022, Jean-Yves Jeannas, Laurence Favier, Marie Cauli, editor, Digital Dictionary, page 227:
3. To cause someone or something to drone (speak or sound in a dull, monotonous manner).
   • "We are here, not because we are law-breakers; we are here in out battle to make laws. Women who are placed in an intolerable position, and if they find they cannot secure a sufficient amount of interest on the part of the Government, then certainly they have a right to say that if the Government is determined to dronify men at whatever cost of pampering, dressing-up, and glorifying him, they will tell the Government that we mean to be dronified no longer 2025, Allan Chappelow, Shaw – “The Chucker Out”: A Biographical Exposition and Critique:
4. To speak or sound in a dull, monotonous manner; to drone.

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