Definition of "transfixed" []

• Rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of transfix. (verb)

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• "Those that had stood in transfixed legions weeping with beatific emotion on election night turned into an angry mob saying how "disappointed" they were that they'd not all immediately been translated to heaven the moment Obama stepped into the White House!"
• "Washington remains 'transfixed' by Iraq, though the consequences of inattention to Afghanistan are severe."
• "Dancers Faye O'Neil and Katrina Redfern said the singer was "transfixed" as she watched them perform a sexy routine."