How many syllables in petrify?

There are 3 syllables in the word petrify.

How to pronounce petrify:

petrify (verb):: to stun or daze with fear; to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter

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