Synonyms for petrifaction
ˌpɛ trəˈfæk ʃən; -fɪˈkeɪ ʃənpet·ri·fac·tion

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1. petrifaction, petrificationnoun

   the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape

   Synonyms:
   petrification

2. petrifactionnoun

   a rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form

   Synonyms:
   petrification

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1. • Fossilization
   • Rock

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1. petrifactionnoun

   Synonyms:
   lapidification, petrescence, lapidescence, fossil, stone

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1. Eugène Ionesco:

   I believe that in the history of art and of thought there has always been at every living moment of culture a will to renewal. This is not the prerogative of the last decade only. All history is nothing but a succession of crises -- of rupture, repudiation and resistance. When there is no crisis, there is stagnation, petrifaction and death. All thought, all art is aggressive.

2. T. S. Eliot:

   Any religion...is for ever in danger of petrifaction into mere ritual and habit, though ritual and habit be essential to religion.