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UK
/tɹænsfˈɪks/
]
[ US /tɹænsˈfɪks/ ]
[ US /tɹænsˈfɪks/ ]
VERB
-
to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
The snake charmer fascinates the cobra -
pierce with a sharp stake or point
impale a shrimp on a skewer
How To Use transfix In A Sentence
- The bullet passed from right to left markedly upwards and forwards, enters the right abdominal cavity where it transfixes and mutilates the right kidney, transfixes the right lobe of the liver, transfixes diaphragm, transfixes the lower lobe of the left lung, transfixes sibson fascia on the left, lacerates the left common carotid artery and emerges through wound no. 'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976
- His friend overlooks her disheartening daily experience because she is transfixed by the status and desirability of her job. Times, Sunday Times
- Transfixing and intense, their dark, wine-soaked ballads and lock-tite harmonies are addictive.
- He transfixed the enemy's heart with a spear.
- Kiko looks up almost painfully and I'm transfixed at the depth of horror I see in his blue eyes.
- Her gaze was transfixed by his square shoulders, his rounded pectorals and his flat stomach.
- The second diver was transfixed with horror, giving Kolchinsky those precious few seconds to rearm himself. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
- The circumstances of the case have transfixed America's tabloid press for months. Times, Sunday Times
- I was transfixed by the jostling crowds, the blasting horns.
- I was now transfixed in the shininess of the razor.