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Adjective petrified has 3 senses

petrified - converted into stone
Antonym: soft (indirect, via hard)
petrified, mineralized - converted into a mineral; "petrified wood"
Antonym: animal (indirect, via vegetable, mineral)
Antonym: vegetable (indirect, via mineral, animal)
petrified, numb - so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; "petrified with fear"; "she was petrified by the eerie sound"; "too numb with fear to move"
Antonyms: unafraid, fearless (indirect, via afraid)

Verb petrify has 3 senses

petrify - cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"
--₁ is one way to deaden, blunt
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
lapidify, petrify - change into stone; "the wood petrified with time"
--₂ is one way to fossilize, fossilise

Derived forms: noun petrifaction₁, noun petrifaction₂, noun petrification₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
rigidify, ossify, petrify - make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
--₃ is one way to stiffen
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something