RIGIDIFY Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

rigidify

verb

Definition of rigidify

as in to crystallize

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Whitehead, meanwhile, crystalizes his sense of what makes the city run, where Carney fits in, and how the straight and crooked worlds are entwined in one strange ecosystem with laws that only the lawless can enforce.

— David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
According to interviews with Hooper, the concept for the film crystallized for him after a Christmastime visit to a Montgomery Ward department store.

— Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026

Definition of crystallize

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But, like any method, this one risks becoming a mere habit, ossifying into a new convention both visual and thematic.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
The application is old, and time has ossified it into something like an unapproachably evil Mayan relic, filled with shadowy regexes and dark magic, fit to be worshipped from afar but not trifled with.

— Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 4 Feb. 2026

Definition of ossify

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Their fix is to let the same model that does the reasoning also curate the knowledge, stored as human-readable notes and organized hierarchically with provenance and a lifecycle so stale plays decay rather than calcify.

— Jesse Li, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Over time, that bone started to calcify and thicken, bothering his labrums.

— Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 22 May 2026

Definition of calcify

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Graham's aorta, at 71, tore, a dissection along a wall stiffened by decades of what the medical examiner called arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

— Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Group 1 is pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare and severe version that occurs when blood vessels in the lungs narrow and stiffen.

— Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 26 June 2026

Definition of stiffen

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The first film follows a group of French high-school students who travel to Naples on a school trip to discover the ruins of Pompeii and the bodies petrified by Vesuvius.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 20 May 2026
Johansson plays her with a tough edge to match her Queens accent, but Hester is clearly petrified by this perfect storm of ugly events.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026

Definition of petrify

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As most of the scientific books tell us, coagulating protein at lower temperatures produces more tender clumps; adding a little water or cream makes an omelet tenderer still.

— Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
If an egg cracks during boiling, vinegar can help the egg white coagulate faster, preventing it from leaking into the water.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026

Definition of coagulate

Verb

Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until the pudding begins to bubble and thicken, about 5 to 7 minutes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Outside the Coca-Cola Fan Zone, the crowd started to thicken, and the Waldo army was joined by the blue and yellow of the Bosnian flag.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 7 July 2026

Definition of thicken

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