petrifying Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned
petrify.
- The horror petrified his feelings
- Fear petrified her thinking
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verb change into stone
petrify; lapidify.
- the wood petrified with time
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verb make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
rigidify; petrify; ossify.
- rigidify the training schedule
- ossified teaching methods
- slogans petrify our thinking
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adjective satellite paralyzing with terror