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[ verb ] cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned
Examples "The horror petrified his feelings" "Fear petrified her thinking" Used in print (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)His broad flat fingers , petrified into massive sausages by years of bricklaying , snatched the bills clumsily . Related terms |
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[ verb ] make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
Examples "rigidify the training schedule" "ossified teaching methods" "slogans petrify our thinking" Related terms |
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[ verb ] change into stone
Synonyms Examples "the wood petrified with time" Related terms |
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