The Clue
Numbed with fear (9 letter answer)
The Answer
PETRIFIED
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Notes
The answer PETRIFIED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
PETRIFY as a verb:
1. cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"
2. (lapidify, petrify) = change into stone; "the wood petrified with time"
3. (rigidify, ossify, petrify) = make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
PETRIFIED as an adjective:
1. converted into stone
2. (petrified, mineralized) = converted into a mineral; "petrified wood"
3. (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"