TRANSFIX

v. 1 pin, fix, impale, skewer, nail, pierce, spear, spike, spit, stick The shrike, or butcher-bird, transfixes its prey on a thorn, then picks its bones clean 2 enrapture, galvanize, electrify, hypnotize, mesmerize, rivet,,fascinate, bewitch, enchant, ensorcel, engross, root to the spot, stun, paralyse, Colloq stop dead (in one's tracks) The felon stood transfixed with terror as the judge pronounced sentence