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(v)
petrify
cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright
“The horror petrified his feelings”
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“Fear petrified her thinking”
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(v)
lapidify
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petrify
change into stone
“the wood petrified with time”
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(v)
rigidify
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ossify
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petrify
make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
“rigidify the training schedule”
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“ossified teaching methods”
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“slogans petrify our thinking”
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