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One that converts into stone or a stony substance' Also: One that benumbs or paralyzes with astonishment, horror, or other strong emotion: Also: One that makes rigid or inert;

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  • Verb (used with object) : I was petrified with fear. ,The tragedy in his life petrified his emotions
  • That habit is at once the conserver and the petrifier of society has long been recognized by social philosophers.
  • The sea-wizard yielded to the petrifier, and "could no more," as the poets say.
  • Caste, "the great petrifier," we are again told, is the real cause of the stagnation that everywhere abounds.
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