Word: petrifies
Category: petrifies
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Synonyms: petrifies
terrify, horrify, frighten, scare, scare/frighten to death, scare/frighten the living daylights out of, scare/frighten the life out of, strike terror into, put the fear of God into, paralyze, transfix, scare the pants off, scare the bejesus out of, lapidify, rigidify, ossify
Translations: petrifies
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spanish
Translations:
petrifica, se petrifica, petrifica a
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german
Translations:
versteinert, erstarrt, erstarren
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french
Translations:
pétrifie
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italian
Translations:
pietrifica
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portuguese
Translations:
petrifica
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dutch
Translations:
versteent, versteend
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russian
Translations:
каменеет, парализует, ошеломляет, окаменевает
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norwegian
Translations:
forsteines
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swedish
Translations:
förstenar
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finnish
Translations:
kivettää
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danish
Translations:
stivner
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czech
Translations:
petrifikuje
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polish
Translations:
petryfikuje
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turkish
Translations:
taşlaştıran
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greek
Translations:
μαρμαρώνει, τα μαρμαρώνει
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ukrainian
Translations:
кам'яніє
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bulgarian
Translations:
вкаменява
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belarusian
Translations:
камянее
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romanian
Translations:
împietrește
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slovak
Translations:
petrifikuje
The meaning and "use of": petrifies
verb
- make (someone) so frightened that they are unable to move or think. - his icy controlled quietness petrified her
- change (organic matter) into a stony concretion by encrusting or replacing its original substance with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit. - The chemical components used to artificially petrify wood can be found in natural settings around volcanoes and within sedimentary strata.
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