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Petrification

//ˌpɛtɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape wordnet
  3. 3
    obduracy; callousness. countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "a Petrification or Mortification of the Mind"

  4. 4
    Sheer terror; great fright. countable, figuratively, uncountable

Etymology

From French pétrification, from Middle French pétrifier + -ation.

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