Hyphenation of petrify

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word petrify? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

pet-ri-fy

Definitions of petrify:

1.	Cause to become stonelike 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

Synonyms of petrify:

verb	deaden, blunt
verb	lapidify, fossilize, fossilise
verb	rigidify, ossify, stiffen

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Hyphenator

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