Usually means: Captivates attention, holds completely still.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. transfixes: Merriam-Webster
  2. transfixes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. transfixes: Vocabulary.com
  4. transfixes: Wordnik
  5. transfixes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. transfixes: Wiktionary
  7. transfixes: Dictionary.com
  8. transfixes: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. transfixes: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. transfixes: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. transfixes: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (transfix)

verb:  (transitive) To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
verb:  (transitive) To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon.
verb:  (transitive) To fix or impale.
noun:  (linguistics) A discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word, typical of Semitic languages.
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