dronify

English

Etymology

From drone +‎ -ify.

Verb

dronify (third-person singular simple present dronifies, present participle dronifying, simple past and past participle dronified)

  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).
    • 2022, Jean-Yves Jeannas, Laurence Favier, Marie Cauli, editor, Digital Dictionary‎[1], page 227:
      The race to automate and "dronify" weapons systems is accelerating with the progress made in robotics, mechatronics, optoelectronics and artificial intelligence.
  3. To cause someone or something to drone (speak or sound in a dull, monotonous manner).
    • 2025, Allan Chappelow, Shaw – “The Chucker Out”: A Biographical Exposition and Critique‎[2]:
      "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
  4. To speak or sound in a dull, monotonous manner; to drone.
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