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To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
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To produce rigidity akin to stone.
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To immobilize with fright.
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To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
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To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
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To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.
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Causing immense fear; extremely scary
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The idea of speaking in front of such a large audience was petrifying.
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At each step disintegration was arrested, but not Jewish genius; and the domination of the Law in Judaism did not as a matter of fact have the petrifying results which might have been anticipated.
The latter flows to Belfast Lough, the former drains Lough Neagh, which is fed by a number of smaller streams, among them the Crumlin, whose waters have petrifying powers.
What's petrifying about that?
Opposite the castle is the Dropping Well, the waters of which are impregnated with lime and have petrifying power, this action causing the curious and beautiful incrustations formed where the water falls over a slight cliff.
The district abounds in geysers, springs, mud volcanoes and other phenomena; some of the waters have petrifying powers, and some of the springs are vividly coloured.
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