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petrify

(Pronunciation -تلفظ سنیۓ ) US:
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Verb Forms: (petrify, petrified,petrified)

Verb: petrify
1. petrify
Cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright
"The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking";
2. petrify [ Synonyms: lapidify]
Change into stone
"the wood petrified with time";
پتھر بن جانا۔
3. petrify [ Synonyms: ossify, rigidify]
Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
"rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking";

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