petrification

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Synonyms: metrification, putrification, verification, purification, gentrification, xerification, aerification, vitrification, prettification, persification, pestification

Antonyms: metrification, putrification, verification, purification, gentrification, xerification, aerification, vitrification, prettification, persification, pestification

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. [[turn to|Turning to]] [[stone]]: the process of replacement of the [[organic]] [[residue]]s of [[plant]]s (and [[animal]]s) with [[insoluble]] [[salt]]s, with the original shape and [[topography]] being retained.
2. {{lb|en|figurative}} [[obduracy]]; [[callousness]].
3. {{lb|en|figurative}} Sheer [[terror]]; great [[fright]].

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