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What does petrifaction mean?

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Noun
  1. petrification
  2. the condition of being petrified
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Like Finkelstein, I understand how and why the petrifaction echoes down the decades.
As for Rollin, he became, and remained for some time, a petrifaction of amazement.
The petrifaction process occurs underground, when wood or woody materials suddenly become buried under sediment.
Now his time has come, and you sit there staring in petrifaction at this human cobra.
Kinamori looked at him, absolute petrifaction written on her face.
The fossilization process known as petrifaction usually begins when a tree or log is buried in silica-rich, alkaline volcanic ash or mud.

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