as in to stab
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
transfixed the inanimate butterfly specimens to the collection board
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Recent Examples of transfix
What begins as a crime thriller ends as a transfixing meditation on our personal need for recognition and the difficulty of finding this for ourselves or providing that for others.
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Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
In June of last year, Larry Connor was among those transfixed by the news of OceanGate’s Titan, the submersible that imploded while descending to the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five people aboard.
—J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2024
As a young aspiring ballerina, I was transfixed by ribbons.
—Romany Williams, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
Well, that scenario is currently playing out at cycling’s three-week Vuelta a España, and hardcore cycling fans—including yours truly—are transfixed by this race across Spain between a proverbial tortoise and hare.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 28 Aug. 2024
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Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
In June of last year, Larry Connor was among those transfixed by the news of OceanGate’s Titan, the submersible that imploded while descending to the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five people aboard.
—J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2024
As a young aspiring ballerina, I was transfixed by ribbons.
—Romany Williams, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
Well, that scenario is currently playing out at cycling’s three-week Vuelta a España, and hardcore cycling fans—including yours truly—are transfixed by this race across Spain between a proverbial tortoise and hare.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 28 Aug. 2024
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Another execution attempt of Creech, 74, had been scheduled for Nov. 13 — coincidentally, the same date in which the four University of Idaho students were fatally stabbed in 2022 in an off-campus apartment house.Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Samuel Paty, 47, was stabbed repeatedly in 2020 outside his school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine near Paris by an 18-year-old assailant of Chechen origin, then decapitated, days after showing his pupils the caricatures.Reuters, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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One of the bullets brushed his spine and another pierced his bladder, leaving him with a permanent catheter.Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Procedures Your healthcare provider may also suggest a nipple retractor or piercing for a longer-term solution.Brandi Jones, MSN-Ed, Health, 2 Nov. 2024
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Sheriff Bianco attributed Solis’s death to suffocation and blood loss after his jugular vein was punctured.Christopher Damien, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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In 2010, swordfish attacked an Angolan oil pipeline, puncturing an oil loading pipe and delaying tanker shipments, Reuters reported.Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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The Sharks’ prospect pool was also largely devoid of high-end talent, with the organization trading away multiple first-round draft picks throughout the 2010s for short-term solutions to keep the championship window open.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Rachel picks Caroline, and Genevieve goes with Sue, while Lavos Teeny and Sol stick together, and macho men Kyle and Gabe team up.Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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Any extra surface moisture will prevent the caramel from sticking properly.Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2024
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In fact, the key to this scene – the key to sticking that aforementioned landing — was making sure that Noa never came off as too emotional.Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 11 Oct. 2024
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Neeson, by contrast, is the quiet professional, with a right hook that can still jab like a crowbar.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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Chatty charmer Richard jabs her with a needle full of a paralyzing agent and then carts her around to various locales and in various vehicles.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Transfix.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfix. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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