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“petrifiable”
petrifiable (adjective), more petrifiable, most petrifiable
1. Relating to living substances which can be changed into a mineralized form: All organic matter is petrifiable in that it can be transformed into stone when the conditions for such a change exist.
2. Concerning something which can be made rigid or inert: Such stones as diamonds are not petrifiable, but a tree, as a living organism, is petrifiable.
3. Characteristic of someone who can be benumbed or paralyzed: As Sam was walking home late at night, someone suddenly appeared from around the corner of a building causing him to be more petrifiable then he would have been if he had seen the other person coming from a distance.
2. Concerning something which can be made rigid or inert: Such stones as diamonds are not petrifiable, but a tree, as a living organism, is petrifiable.
3. Characteristic of someone who can be benumbed or paralyzed: As Sam was walking home late at night, someone suddenly appeared from around the corner of a building causing him to be more petrifiable then he would have been if he had seen the other person coming from a distance.
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petro-, petr-, petri-, peter-
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