petrified
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definition
verb
his icy controlled quietness petrified her
make (someone) so frightened that they are unable to move or think.
The chemical components used to artificially petrify wood can be found in natural settings around volcanoes and within sedimentary strata.
change (organic matter) into a stony concretion by encrusting or replacing its original substance with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit.
adjective
the petrified child clung to her mother
so frightened that one is unable to move; terrified.
petrified wood
(of organic matter) changed into a stony substance; ossified.
example
I was always 'petrified' - there don't have to be terrorists.
Riding through a homogenous ocean of 'petrified' clay, we arrive at a remote campsite set within a cluster of trees.
It was in a frozen state, not in 'petrified' state.
One is a 'petrified' log of wood 200 million years old.
I remember seeing three fires on the landscape below, and I was just 'petrified' .
When we arrived in Athens I was 'petrified' as the customs officer interrogated Tim for about 20 minutes.
I saw with my own eyes that wooden frames, used to support the mine, were becoming 'petrified' .
Conventional wisdom would be to go up and talk to her, but I'm 'petrified' of failure.
The 'petrified' audience was locked in the room.
A Director of Nursing learns of a records falsification by a young nurse, who is 'petrified' of having made a mistake.
She points to a baking tray of aubergines, curling and charred like 'petrified' wood.
In 'petrified' specimens, cellular details are lost with the organic material of the cell wall.
There are now three bedrooms, each one different, including an attic room where guests sleep underneath a dozen 'petrified' beams.
I seriously can't cope with them - I'm 'petrified' .
Just off the road, the Aztec sandstone outcrops at Redstone Picnic Area are actually 'petrified' sand dunes.
Figures 24-26 are postcards advertising three 'petrified' wood localities in the Dakotas.
Behind that there is, encrusted with 'petrified' straw, a wooden box.
I was shocked and 'petrified' at what I saw.
The softly-spoken, 'petrified' child on the line was 12-year-old Emily Earp.
They looked 'petrified' to do anything, let alone be creative.
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