āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
petrify
/pËÉtÉšÉĒfËaâÉĒ/
to petrify
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āĻāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŽā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻā§āϤ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻž
to make someone so frightened that they cannot move or speak
Transitive: to petrify sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The loud roar of the approaching bear petrified the campers, freezing them in place.
āĻāϏāύā§āύ āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻā§āϰ āĻā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻāύ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĻā§āϰ āϏā§āϤāĻŦā§āϧ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŽā§ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ⧠āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to change organic material into stone or a stone-like substance
Transitive: to petrify organic material
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Tourists flocked to see the petrified remains of ancient plants in the national park.
āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻāĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻžāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāύ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āύ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ⧠āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āώ āĻĻā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03
āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ āĻāϞ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to make something immobile, inactive, or unable to function
Transitive: to petrify sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Fear of change petrified the company's approach, making it resistant to innovation.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύā§āϰ āĻāϝāĻŧ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§, āϝāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰā§āϧ⧠āĻāϰ⧠āϤā§āϞā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
petrified
petrifying
petrify
petr
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