petrify
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(verb) cause to become stone-like or stiff; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking" |
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Related Words: blunt, deaden |
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(verb) change into stone; "the wood petrified with time" |
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Synonyms: lapidify |
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Related Words: fossilize |
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