petrify

One night in Monaco, Rachael says she woke up "petrified" to find Salah getting into her bed.

A nine-year-old girl has told of the "petrifying" moment a man threatened to throw her in the canal in Edinburgh.

But the department’s letter was sent days ago without public comment, and its reported warning that the lottery may be illegal isn’t likely to petrify scofflaws such as Musk and Trump.

"I know from conversations with people in government and in the intelligence services in Europe that they are petrified of the prospect of Trump coming back to office."

It was one of the first times I’d covered an event on my own, and I was petrified, like a rabbit in the headlights standing in the scrum of reporters and flashing cameras.