vampirization

English

Alternative forms

• vampirisation

Etymology

vampirize +‎ -ation

Noun

vampirization (countable and uncountable, plural vampirizations)

1. The act of turning someone into a vampire.
2. Vampiric behaviour; the predatory draining of blood or (figurative) energy etc.
   • 1996, Gary Hoppenstand, Ray Broadus Browne, The Gothic World of Anne Rice, page 98:

     Nowhere is Rice's revision of these gender politics more evident than in the scenes surrounding the vampirization of Claudia, the orphan child.

Translations

the act of turning someone into a vampire

• Esperanto: vampirigo
• French: vampirisation (fr) f