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petrify

/ petrify /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned
"The horror petrified his feelings"
"Fear petrified her thinking"
Type of:
deaden blunt
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 2
change into stone
"the wood petrified with time"
Type of:
fossilize fossilise
Derived:
petrifaction petrification
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
"rigidify the training schedule"
"ossified teaching methods"
"slogans petrify our thinking"
Type of:
stiffen
Derived:
ossification conformity rigidity rigidness inflexibility
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
43%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
12
Times Searched
2
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deaden blunt fossilize fossilise stiffen