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noun
A natural process when water seeps into rock cracks, freezes, expands, and forces the rock apart, gradually breaking it down through repeated freeze-thaw cycles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Broader terms: mechanical erosion, frost weathering
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