Put the fear of God into trophy wife who leaves (7)
I believe the answer is:
petrify
'put' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I can't see how one could define the other.
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for petrify that I've seen before include "Frighten stiff" , "Paralyse with fear" , "Turn to stone" , "Scare stiff" .)