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petrify
/ˈpɛtrɪfaɪ/
verb
przestraszyć
Also
skamieniećsparaliżować
Definition
To make someone so frightened that they are unable to move or think; also, to change into stone or a stony substance.
Examples
The sudden noise petrified the children.
Nagły hałas przestraszył dzieci.
Over millions of years, the wood petrified into stone.
Przez miliony lat drewno skamieniało.
Collocations
petrify with fearpetrified woodpetrify into stone
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