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A zombie, in folklore and horror fiction, is an undead being that should be dead but is walking. A zombie page is likewise a Wikipedia page that should have been deleted, but has avoided death in some questionable way, or has been brought back from the dead. In a subsequent deletion discussion, the use of silver bullets may be proposed, because they are often the preferred method of killing a monster. Silver nitrate, which is a caustic salt of silver that was previously used by surgeons to disinfect wounds and is occasionally used by dentists, may be the appropriate way to appropriate way to salt the earth against a future re-occurrence.