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Verbs

  • (v) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
    • The snake charmer fascinates the cobra
    spellbind, fascinate, grip,
  • (v) pierce with a sharp stake or point
    • impale a shrimp on a skewer
    empale, impale, spike,

Synonyms

spellbind fascinate grip empale impale spike

Words of close approximity

transfer
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