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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of petrify.

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Examples

  • "petrifies" him, can -- can any one believe that the compound of

    The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 Various

  • We think they are the kind known as snapping shrimp, which make a bubble with their claw that bursts and shoots sound-pressure onto their prey: The sound petrifies the prey and then the shrimp eat them.

    Raising the Sounds of (Near) Silence Andy Battaglia 2011

  • And the thought of not having enough petrifies me.

    Lighten Up Peter Walsh 2011

  • His freakish athletic versatility petrifies almost every star in three weight divisions, leaving him to take on other fighters with more skill than fame such as Cintron (32-2-1, 28 KOs), a Puerto Rican star also at a career crossroads.

    Williams takes on Cintron, waits for big bouts 2010

  • And the thought of not having enough petrifies me.

    Lighten Up Peter Walsh 2011

  • But change that is too arbitrary and too frequent petrifies firms, especially before their rules have been tested in the courts.

    Obama threatens to follow in FDR's economic missteps 2010

  • * If you can't shoot anything bigger for dangerous game, you're a lot better off with a .375 than with a cannon that petrifies you.

    The .375 H&H: Fraud or Scam? 2008

  • In her current show, "Everything that Ever Existed Still Exists," Bird delicately -- even preciously -- petrifies images of infamous nuclear explosions in paint.

    Kimberly Brooks: Rebecca Bird Paints the Explosion 2009

  • I know I could lose all my hard copy in a fire or something, but the idea of having all of these contracts as electrons on a keychain drive petrifies me to death.

    Genius? Or Mad Man?? (aka My Life in Technology, Pt. 2) The Brillig Blogger 2009

  • I know I could lose all my hard copy in a fire or something, but the idea of having all of these contracts as electrons on a keychain drive petrifies me to death.

    Archive 2009-06-01 The Brillig Blogger 2009

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