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

petrifies in spanish

Dictionary:
spanish
Translations:
petrifica, se petrifica, petrifica a

petrifies in german

Dictionary:
german
Translations:
versteinert, erstarrt, erstarren

petrifies in french

Dictionary:
french
Translations:
pétrifie

petrifies in italian

Dictionary:
italian
Translations:
pietrifica

petrifies in portuguese

Dictionary:
portuguese
Translations:
petrifica

petrifies in dutch

Dictionary:
dutch
Translations:
versteent, versteend

petrifies in russian

Dictionary:
russian
Translations:
каменеет, парализует, ошеломляет, окаменевает

petrifies in norwegian

Dictionary:
norwegian
Translations:
forsteines

petrifies in swedish

Dictionary:
swedish
Translations:
förstenar

petrifies in finnish

Dictionary:
finnish
Translations:
kivettää

petrifies in danish

Dictionary:
danish
Translations:
stivner

petrifies in czech

Dictionary:
czech
Translations:
petrifikuje

petrifies in polish

Dictionary:
polish
Translations:
petryfikuje

petrifies in turkish

Dictionary:
turkish
Translations:
taşlaştıran

petrifies in greek

Dictionary:
greek
Translations:
μαρμαρώνει, τα μαρμαρώνει

petrifies in ukrainian

Dictionary:
ukrainian
Translations:
кам'яніє

petrifies in bulgarian

Dictionary:
bulgarian
Translations:
вкаменява

petrifies in belarusian

Dictionary:
belarusian
Translations:
камянее

petrifies in romanian

Dictionary:
romanian
Translations:
împietrește

petrifies in slovak

Dictionary:
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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