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Pretrify

Part of Speech: verb

Definition: to turn into stone or a stony substance; to petrify

Sense 1: to cause extreme fear or terror; to paralyze with fear

Usage:

1. The ancient Medusa's gaze was said to pretrify anyone who looked directly into her eyes.
2. The magician's performance was so captivating that it seemed to pretrify the audience.

Sense 2: (local usage) to astonish or amaze greatly

Usage:

1. Henry's remarkable talents on the piano pretrify everyone in the local community.
2. The unexpected twist in the movie's plot pretrified the viewers.

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