Petrify

[Raeanne Dimick]

To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into
stone or stony substance.

[Mark Zuckerberg]

In West-Central Scotland: To embellish, exaggerate and generally expand the true meaning of a story, often losing the truth in the process

[Tina]

Gettin hard.

[Julene]

Change (organic matter) into a stony concretion by encrusting or replacing its original substance with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit.

[Tanya Shivari]

to frighten someone a lot, especially so that they are unable to move or speak: