Thesaurus results for TRANSFIX

transfix

verb

tran(t)s-ˈfiks

Definition of transfix

as in to stab

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object transfixed the inanimate butterfly specimens to the collection board

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Recent Examples of transfix OpenAI’s foray into hardware has transfixed techies for more than a year, with speculation about the AI company’s forthcoming mystery gadget ranging from a smart speaker to a wearable device. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 27 July 2026 The image could be a still from a film about an alien invasion, although the ominous light almost makes the figures seem like cinemagoers transfixed by something unsettling playing out onscreen. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026 As more recordings leaked in recent days, the country was transfixed. — Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026 In The Children, sister and brother Guinevere and Ennis grow up under the shadow of their mother, Edith Sharpe, whose Ninth City children’s book series transfixes the world until Edith perishes in a mysterious fire in Vermont. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for transfix

Recent Examples of Synonyms for transfix

Verb

For Crystal, this occurred at the end of 2025, his annus horribilis, when Reiner and wife Michelle were found stabbed to death at their Brentwood home.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
The teen accused of fatally stabbing a homeless Roseville woman faced a judge and the woman’s family Tuesday during his first court appearance in the slaying.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of stab

Verb

Like Trouble, Zukenee can lull you into a groove, then puncture that false sense of security with an abrupt shift in tone.

— Narsimha Gour Chintaluri, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
The sullen tribute to Payne settled the room into a cool near-silence, punctured by quiet gasps and muffled crying.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of puncture

Verb

Others in the sales organization picked it up within twenty-four hours of him sharing it in Slack.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Instead, studios seem to be picking works that come with a hungry audience attached but can still exist independent of their roots.

— Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of pick

Verb

Raichlen’s career, in a way, is similar in that he’s never been stuck in the lane of writing about barbecuing only brisket and pork.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
Hopefully, Goover will stick the landing with its product, and stick around for a while to come.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of stick

Verb

The film’s pick-me jabs at humor are frankly, flatly unfunny and grating, twisting the film at times into a perverse, almost self-aware treatise on tweeness.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026
Rainbow continued to jab the secretary of health as his primary opposition throughout the parody of the Frank Loesser song.

— Michael Saponara, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2026