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transfixed

verb , past tense of transfix

Synonyms and Antonyms of transfixed

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

transfixed the inanimate butterfly specimens to the collection board

Synonyms of transfixed

gored, harpooned, impaled, jabbed, lanced, pecked, picked, pierced, pinked, punctured, ran through, skewered, speared, spiked, spitted, stabbed, stuck, transpierced

Words Related to transfixed

perforated, riddled

bayoneted (also bayonetted), dirked, gimleted, piked, poniarded, pronged, quilled

pinpricked, poked, pricked, punched, thrust

cut, knifed, sliced

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