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1. A process of fossilization during which dissolved inorganic material replaces the original organic contents: A petrification produces a stony substance that results in what appears to be something as hard as a rock.
3. The process of fossilization: Petrification is a geological process of preservation that turns organic material into a rock and usually takes millions of years to accomplish.
Since the petrification of a snail that she found was complete and perfect, Sharon decided to save it and put it into her collection of other fossils.
2. A condition of utmost fear, causing a person to be unable to move: Jane was in a state of petrification and completely devastated after receiving the news of the tragic accident in which her father was killed.3. The process of fossilization: Petrification is a geological process of preservation that turns organic material into a rock and usually takes millions of years to accomplish.
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-ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation)
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fac-, facil-, fact-, feas-, -feat, -fect, -feit, -facient, -faction, -fic-, -fy, -ficate, -fication
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petro-, petr-, petri-, peter-
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