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transfix
[trans-fiks]
verb (used with object)
to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
Synonyms: , , , ,to pierce through with or as if with a pointed weapon; impale.
to hold or fasten with or on something that pierces.
transfix
/ trænsˈfɪks, trænsˈfɪkʃən /
verb
to render motionless, esp with horror or shock
to impale or fix with a sharp weapon or other device
med to cut through (a limb or other organ), as in amputation
Other 51Թ Forms
- transfixion noun
- untransfixed adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of transfix1
Example Sentences
News coverage of the protests has transfixed Mexico, where reports have heavily sided with the immigrants against U.S. efforts to detain and deport them.
I didn’t actually try hollandaise until culinary school, but when I did, I was transfixed.
Two-year-old Henry is completely transfixed by the iPad in front of him.
Gaxiola and his family soon drove off, leaving the ranch and environs to the police and investigators gathering clues to this unfathomable discovery that has transfixed Mexico.
Hayes explains that “Trump’s approach to politics ever since the summer of 2015, when he entered the presidential race, is the equivalent of running naked through the neighborhood: repellent but transfixing.”
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