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countable and uncountable, plural petrifications
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. examples
(figurative) obduracy; callousness. quotations examples
a Petrification or Mortification of the Mind
1681, Henry Hallywell, Melampronoea
(figurative) Sheer terror; great fright. examples