petrify

英['petrɪfaɪ] 美['pɛtrɪfaɪ]

1. cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned;

"The horror petrified his feelings"

"Fear petrified her thinking"

2. change into stone;

"the wood petrified with time"

3. make rigid and set into a conventional pattern;

"rigidify the training schedule"

"ossified teaching methods"

"slogans petrify our thinking"