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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
petrificate
To produce rigidness akin to stone
To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals
To immobilize with fright
to convert into a substance of stony hardness and character
{v} to change to stone, to become stone
To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance
To become stony, callous, or obdurate
change into stone; "the wood petrified with time"
To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits
To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart
{f} make into stone; turn into stone; stiffen, make hard; paralyze with fear
cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"
make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
If something petrifies you, it makes you feel very frightened. Prison petrifies me and I don't want to go there. = terrify + petrifying pet·ri·fy·ing I found the climb absolutely petrifying. = terrifying
cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking
to petrify

    الواصلة

    to pet·ri·fy

    التركية النطق

    tı petrıfay

    النطق

    /tə ˈpetrəˌfī/ /tə ˈpɛtrəˌfaɪ/
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