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   petrified

   /ˈpɛtrɪfʌɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. so frightened that one is unable to move; terrified: "the petrified child clung to her mother" Similar terrifiedterror-strickenterror-struckhorrifiedhorror-strickenhorror-struckscared/frightened out of one's witsscared witlessscared/frightened to deathaghastappalledparalysedstunnedstupefiedtransfixedbenumbedfrozen
   • 2. (of organic matter) changed into a stony substance; ossified: "petrified wood" Similar ossifiedfossilizedrare:lapidified

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • P

     3

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • F

     4

   • I

     1

   • E

     1

   • D

     2

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