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transfix

[ trans-fiks ]

verb (used with object)

transfixed or transfixt, transfixing.
  1. to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  2. to pierce through with or as if with a pointed weapon; impale.
  3. to hold or fasten with or on something that pierces.


transfix

/ trænsˈfɪks; trænsˈfɪkʃən /

verb

  1. to render motionless, esp with horror or shock
  2. to impale or fix with a sharp weapon or other device
  3. med to cut through (a limb or other organ), as in amputation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • transfixion, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ٰԲ·ھ·Dz [trans-, fik, -sh, uh, n], noun
  • ܲtԲ·ھ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of transfix1

1580–90; < Latin ٰԲīܲ (past participle of ٰԲī to pierce through), equivalent to ٰԲ- trans- + ī ( ere ) to pierce + -sus, variant of -tus past participle suffix
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of transfix1

C16: from Latin transīere to pierce through, from trans- + īere to thrust in
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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.

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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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“Macbeth” may be Shakespeare’s most transfixing tragedy, but its dark magic often fizzles in the theater.

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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.

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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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