 petrify |
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| 1. | [ verb ] cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned | |
| Examples: | "The horror petrified his feelings" "Fear petrified her thinking" |
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| Related terms: | deaden | |
| 2. | [ verb ] make rigid and set into a conventional pattern | |
| Synonyms: | ossify rigidify | |
| Examples: | "rigidify the training schedule" "ossified teaching methods" "slogans petrify our thinking" |
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| Related terms: | stiffen ossification inflexibility | |
| 3. | [ verb ] change into stone | |
| Synonyms: | lapidify | |
| Examples: | "the wood petrified with time" |
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| Related terms: | fossilize petrifaction | |
| Similar spelling: |
petrifying petrified Petroff |
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