In geology, petrifaction or petrification is the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals. Petrified wood typifies this process, but all organisms, from bacteria to vertebrates, can become petrified.
What does petrified mean?
1 : to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter. 2 : to make rigid or inert like stone: a : to make lifeless or inactive : deaden slogans are apt to petrify a man's thinking — Saturday Rev.
How do you use petrify in a sentence?
Petrify in a Sentence ?
- Because heights petrify me, I will never get on a plane.
- The terrorist group tries to petrify the public by showing gruesome videos.
- When the kidnappers mailed the bloody finger, they hoped to petrify the hostage's family into not going to the police.
