Definitions for petrified
pet·ri·fied

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1. petrifiedadjective

   rendered unable to act due to intense fear. petrified with fear

2. petrifiedadjective

   Rendered lifeless or inactive; as, an imagination petrified by habitual television viewing.

3. petrifiedadjective

   Converted into stone.

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1. petrifiedadjective

   Extremely afraid.

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1. petrified

   In geology, petrifaction or petrification (from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra) 'rock, stone') is the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals. Petrified wood typifies this process, but all organisms, from bacteria to vertebrates, can become petrified (although harder, more durable matter such as bone, beaks, and shells survive the process better than softer remains such as muscle tissue, feathers, or skin). Petrifaction takes place through a combination of two similar processes: permineralization and replacement. These processes create replicas of the original specimen that are similar down to the microscopic level.

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1. Petrified

   of Petrify

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1. Alex

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of petrified in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of petrified in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of petrified in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   Oh, give him asylum -- he's afraid, he's afraid ! we don't love the fact that he's got tattoos on his face, that's not a good sign. We don't love the fact that he's carrying the flag of Honduras or Guatemala or El Salvador, only to say he's petrified to be in his country.

2. Clare Weedon:

   When I think about it seriously I am petrified.

3. Mark Twain:

   Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.

4. Lynett Welch:

   We’ve gotten a lot of petrified wood [and] Civil War relics from the area and that’s what I thought it was, this is our first set of teeth we’ve found. So we thought it was their imagination. We we’re quite surprised to see that it was not their imagination.

5. Ludwig Von Mises:

   The essential characteristic of Western civilization that distinguishes it from the arrested and petrified civilizations of the East was and is its concern for freedom from the state.

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References

1. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=petrified
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Petrified
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrified
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/petrified