Definitions from Wiktionary (petrification)
▸ noun: Turning to stone: the process of replacement of the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, with the original shape and topography being retained.
▸ noun: (figurative) obduracy; callousness.
▸ noun: (figurative) Sheer terror; great fright.
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▸ noun: Turning to stone: the process of replacement of the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, with the original shape and topography being retained.
▸ noun: (figurative) obduracy; callousness.
▸ noun: (figurative) Sheer terror; great fright.
Similar:
petrifaction,
lapidification,
fossilification,
fossilization,
silification,
mineralization,
phosphatisation,
propylitization,
plastination,
pedocementation,
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