VERB | emotion | transfix, fascinate, grip, spellbind | to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe |
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contact | transfix, impale, empale, spike | pierce with a sharp stake or point |
Sounds | traensfih'ks | |
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Rhymes | acoustics ... UNIX: 110 rhymes with ihks... |
Meaning | To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | fascinate, grip, spellbind | |
Broader | interest | excite the curiosity of |
Spanish | aferrar, atrapar, cautivar, encantar, fascinar, hechizar, inmovilizar | |
Catalan | aferrar, atrapar, captivar, embruixar, encantar, encisar, fascinar |
Meaning | pierce with a sharp stake or point. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | impale, empale, spike | |
Narrower | pin | pierce with a pin |
spear | pierce with a spear | |
Broader | pierce, thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument |
Spanish | atravesar, empalar, enclavar, estacar, impalar, traspasar |
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