petrify
pet
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/pˈɛtÉšÉĒfˌa‍ÉĒ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "petrify"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϜāĻŽā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ­ā§€āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻž

to make someone so frightened that they cannot move or speak
Transitive: to petrify sb
to petrify definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The loud roar of the approaching bear petrified the campers, freezing them in place.
āφāϏāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧁āϕ⧇āϰ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϜāĻŽā§‡ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to change organic material into stone or a stone-like substance
Transitive: to petrify organic material
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Tourists flocked to see the petrified remains of ancient plants in the national park.
āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāϟāĻ•āϰāĻž āϜāĻžāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āωāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āύ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āϚāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to make something immobile, inactive, or unable to function
Transitive: to petrify sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Fear of change petrified the company's approach, making it resistant to innovation.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧇āϰ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāĻž āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ⧀ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

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