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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Having undergone the process of petrification (transformation into a stony substance); turned to stone..
On Yule-eve alone can petrified Giants receive back their life for the space of seven hours, if one of their race embraces them, and is, at the same time, willing to sacrifice a hundred years of their own life.
Entering Avebury from any direction is like stepping back into the past. Before the centre of the village is reached, the road passes through an immense circle of brooding stones which stand like petrified ghosts of an age about which little is known.
Use petrified when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Petrified means Having undergone the process of petrification (transformation into a stony substance); turned to stone..
Common synonyms include afraid, hard, numb, mineralized.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
On Yule-eve alone can petrified Giants receive back their life for the space of seven hours, if one of their race embraces them, and is, at the same time, willing to sacrifice a hundred years of their own life.
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