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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
Derived Forms
- transfixion, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ù°ù²¹²Ô²õ·´Ú¾±³æ·¾±´Ç²Ô [trans-, fik, -sh, uh, n], noun
- ³Ü²Ôt°ù²¹²Ô²õ·´Ú¾±³æ±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of transfix1
Example Sentences
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.â€
“Macbeth†may be Shakespeare’s most transfixing tragedy, but its dark magic often fizzles in the theater.
You can play as fast or slow as you want and your eyes are transfixed on the middle of the machine where you see the traditional symbols of cherries, dollar signs and jackpot payoffs.
Her transfixing allure seems to draw every oddity and incident, but as the years pass, there’s also a fixity to her resolve.
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