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Petrified

Part of Speech: adjective

Definition:

1. (popular) extremely frightened or scared

2. (popular) transformed into stone or fossils through the process of petrification

3. (local) referring to wood that has been replaced by minerals, turning it into stone

Examples:

1. She was petrified of spiders and screamed when one crawled near her.

2. The archaeologists discovered a petrified dinosaur skeleton in the desert.

3. In our region, we have petrified wood dating back millions of years.

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