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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
petrify .
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Examples
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"petrifies" him, can -- can any one believe that the compound of
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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
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And the thought of not having enough petrifies me.
Lighten Up Peter Walsh 2011
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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.
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And the thought of not having enough petrifies me.
Lighten Up Peter Walsh 2011
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But change that is too arbitrary and too frequent petrifies firms, especially before their rules have been tested in the courts.
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* 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.
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In her current show, "Everything that Ever Existed Still Exists," Bird delicately -- even preciously -- petrifies images of infamous nuclear explosions in paint.
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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
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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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