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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fascinated, hypnotized, hypnotised, mesmerized, mesmerised, spellbound, spell-bound, transfixedadjective

    having your attention fixated as though by a spell

Wiktionary

  1. transfixedadjective

    Rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized.

Wikipedia

  1. transfixed

    Trans-Fixed was a 1974 performance by Chris Burden in which he was crucified onto a Volkswagen Beetle.

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  1. transfixed

    Transfixed refers to the state of being motionless due to awe, shock, terror, amazement, or fascination. It can also pertain to the act of piercing with a sharp implement or weapon.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Transfixed

    of Transfix

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. transfixed

    An ancient term used to express the state of being desperately wounded by some pointed instrument, as being run through by a spear, javelin, or bayonet; pierced through so that the weapon is fixed in another body.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of transfixed in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of transfixed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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