Meaning & use
transfix
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To make someone unable to move or react because they are gripped by fear, wonder, or astonishment.
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The dancers' performance transfixed the entire audience.
She stood transfixed by the sudden burst of fireworks over the harbor.
A note on using this word
Almost always used in the passive form ('was transfixed by'), describing an overwhelming, freezing effect.
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