Definitions from Wiktionary (petrify)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
▸ verb:  To produce rigidity akin to stone.
▸ verb:  To immobilize with fright.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, figurative) To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
▸ verb:  (transitive, figurative) To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.
▸ Also see petrify

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