transfixverb [ T ]
uk/trænsˈfɪks/us/trænsˈfɪks/literarytransfix verb [ T ] (UNABLE TO MOVE)
to make a person or animal unable to move or stop looking at something because they are so interested, surprised, or frightened:
The conference delegates were transfixed by her speech.
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Making people excited and interested
- absorbed
- animate
- be sb's bag idiom
- breathe (new) life into sth idiom
- captivate
- capture
- catch
- enthuse
- entrance 1
- intoxicate
- intrigue
- occupy
- pulse
- pump
- pump sb up
- reinvigorate
- swing
- talk sth up
- whip sth up
- wow factor
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transfix verb [ T ] (POINTED OBJECT)
to push a long, pointed object through someone or something:
A body lay in the corner, transfixed by a spear.
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Cutting and stabbing
- abrasion
- bayonet
- carve
- carving
- chisel
- coppice
- cut sth down
- laceration
- lance
- mow
- nick
- notch
- saw sth down
- scratch
- slash
- slice
- spike
- trim
- whittle
- woodcarving
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transfixed
adjective uk/trænsˈfɪkst/us/trænsˈfɪkst/
Rabbits transfixed in the glare of car headlights are common victims on the roads.