pétrifier
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Meanings
Verb
1. to petrify (to turn to stone) (transitive)
2. to petrify, to paralyze (to freeze with fear) (transitive, figuratively)
Examples6
Ziri was petrified.
Tom looked petrified.
They're petrified with fear.
I was petrified.
He was paralysed with fear.
Christopher Columbus once stared at Medusa, and Medusa turned to stone.