rigidify

verb

Definition of rigidifynext
as in to crystallize

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  1. crystallize
  2. ossify
  3. calcify
  4. stiffen
  5. petrify
  6. coagulate
  7. thicken
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  • Lunar zircon, like other minerals on the moon, was thought to have crystallized from extreme temperatures when the moon was created, but its much older age has long confounded scientists.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The early curiosity provides a window into the overlap between parts of the left and right, whose views on excessive government spending, especially around the country’s military apparatus, have created unlikely alliances that could crystallize in the new Trump era.
    Hanna Trudo, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of crystallize
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  • The stereotypes of retirement had not yet ossified: AARP Nation was a new territory, undiscovered if not fertile, and Jansson explored it in Sun City (New York Review Books, $16.95), now reissued in Thomas Teal’s 1976 translation.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Once the answers become ossified, the questions become rhetorical, and the education ceases to cultivate the child’s capacities.
    Ray Ravaglia, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of ossify
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  • Diving Deep into the Mouth's Microbial Dark Matter The Causes of Tonsil Stones Tonsil stones form when your tonsils, which are part of your body’s lymphatic system, trap debris in their crevices, which then calcifies.
    Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The nation’s political divides might just be too old, and too calcified, to keep pace—which, for once, might be to the benefit of the American people.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of calcify
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  • After this revelation, competition began to stiffen, and in 2012 the Ecke family sold its company to a Dutch agricultural operation, citing global competition and consolidation.
    Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 29 Nov. 2024
  • That’s because, in addition to stiffening smartphone competition, President-elect Donald Trump’s threats of China tariffs could weigh on device sales even more.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of stiffen
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  • Medusa was known in ancient Greece for petrifying anyone who dared to look her in the eye, and has been seen as a personification of madness.
    Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Numb to controversy: After constant scandals, Trump is desensitized to infernos that would petrify anyone else in business or politics.
    Axios, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of petrify
Verb
  • Antonio ended up in intensive care at Dell’s Children's Medical Center and was gaunt, his blood coagulating.
    Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
  • As a preventative course of treatment, people with the blood disorder receive weekly injections of factor IX to enable their blood to coagulate, said GOSH.
    Julia O'Driscoll, The Week UK, theweek, 27 June 2024
Definition of coagulate
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  • L’Oréal Paris’s thickening shampoo is made with two growth-promoting ingredients.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Cook over a medium-high heat, stirring often, until the sauce thickens.
    The Week UK, theweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of thicken
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