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Petrify

ˈpɛtrɪfʌɪ

Petrify definitions

verb

Inflections:

petrifies petrifying petrified petrify

make (someone) so frightened that they are unable to move

"his icy controlled quietness petrified her"

Synonyms:
terrify horrify frighten scare scare to death scare someone out of their wits scare witless scare the living daylights out of frighten the life out of strike terror into fill with fear put the fear of God into make someone's blood run cold chill someone's blood panic throw into a panic alarm appal
change (organic matter) into a stony substance by encrusting or replacing it with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit