transfixation

It's that combination which maintains the viewer's awe of and transfixation upon her work.

Fiona Dunnett: images of self and death in Oaxaca 2009

It's that combination which maintains the viewer's awe of and transfixation upon her work.

Fiona Dunnett: images of self and death in Oaxaca 2009

As Arnie came almost within swinging distance, the transfixation suddenly cleared, and either reflex or sheer survival instinct took over.

It's October, 1956. Shelagh Power-Chopra 2010

As Arnie came almost within swinging distance, the transfixation suddenly cleared, and either reflex or sheer survival instinct took over.

Boiling a frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

Should the pin be grasped by the shaft, it is almost certain to turn crosswise of the tube mouth, where one pull may cause the point to perforate, enormously increasing the difficulties by transfixation, and perhaps resulting fatally (Fig. 80).

Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911