Petrifies

Word PETRIFIES
Character 9
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Definitions and meanings of "Petrifies"

What do we mean by petrifies?

To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.

To produce rigidity akin to stone.

To immobilize with fright.

To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.

To become stony, callous, or obdurate.

To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.

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The word "petrifies" in example sentences

"petrifies" him, can -- can any one believe that the compound of ❋ Various (N/A)

And the thought of not having enough petrifies me. ❋ Peter Walsh (2011)

We think they are the kind known as snapping shrimp, which make a bubble with their claw that bursts and shoots sound-pressure onto their prey: The sound petrifies the prey and then the shrimp eat them. ❋ Andy Battaglia (2011)

His freakish athletic versatility petrifies almost every star in three weight divisions, leaving him to take on other fighters with more skill than fame such as Cintron (32-2-1, 28 KOs), a Puerto Rican star also at a career crossroads. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But change that is too arbitrary and too frequent petrifies firms, especially before their rules have been tested in the courts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

* If you can't shoot anything bigger for dangerous game, you're a lot better off with a .375 than with a cannon that petrifies you. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In her current show, "Everything that Ever Existed Still Exists," Bird delicately -- even preciously -- petrifies images of infamous nuclear explosions in paint. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I know I could lose all my hard copy in a fire or something, but the idea of having all of these contracts as electrons on a keychain drive petrifies me to death. ❋ The Brillig Blogger (2009)

Makes me wonder if something in the brain petrifies and stops working if you don't keep working it constantly. ❋ James Gurney (2008)

That thought absolutely petrifies me for some reason. ❋ Terrarose (2008)

Moreover, five gentlemen rise to order, and one of them, in revenge for being taken no notice of, petrifies the assembly by moving that this Vestry do now adjourn; but, is persuaded to withdraw that awful proposal, in consideration of its tremendous consequences if persevered in. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But that the history of this universal inundation should be found in a single page of a book written in the wilderness by fugitives, and that this page should have been unknown to all the rest of the world till about nine hundred years after the foundation of Rome — this perfectly petrifies me. ❋ Unknown (2007)

If it petrifies you, then perhaps you should vote Republican. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The thought of it petrifies me, because I'm just so ill equipped for modern ways of bullshitting. ❋ Annawaits (2006)

It petrifies them and it entirely paralyzes their lives. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In return, it sweeps a great capital clean before you; it makes you a quiet path through broad, grand streets; it petrifies a living city as if by eastern enchantment; it transforms ❋ Unknown (2003)

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